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Every high risk pool has been a failure. Concept-- pooling all the worst cases-- is stupid, and they will never be adequately funded.
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Every high risk pool has been a failure. Concept-- pooling all the worst cases-- is stupid... (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2017
OP
If the republicans were smart, they'd fold the obamacare into the Medicare program. Voila!
shraby
May 2017
#1
The whole point of insurance is to create pools sufficient to spread the risks.
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2017
#2
shraby
(21,946 posts)1. If the republicans were smart, they'd fold the obamacare into the Medicare program. Voila!
Happy people, and actually pleased for the first time with something the idiots have done and they would forever be remembered for "replacing" obamacare.
Ah, but they aren't that smart.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)2. The whole point of insurance is to create pools sufficient to spread the risks.
If you put all your high-risk insureds in one pool, that pool will quickly become too shallow to cover the risks, and defeats the entire purpose of insurance.
elleng
(130,126 posts)3. They have NO IDEA!