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exboyfil

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2. The problem is you can't have a healthcare system

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:15 PM

Nov 2020

without some sort of mandate to prevent free riders. Everybody has to be in the pool or it doesn't work.

Or you get Draconian and reinstitute preexisting conditions. The only difference being if you current health plan goes away for some reason, then the insurance company is obligated to take you on a new plan.

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Brett Kavanaugh Just Agreed The Whole ACA Needn't Be Scrapped [View all] bigtree Nov 2020 OP

I'm betting that is exactly what happens. The ACA will remain intact except for the mandate. Hoyt Nov 2020 #1

The problem is you can't have a healthcare system exboyfil Nov 2020 #2

This will probably need to be addressed Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #6

the penalty is already 0 and it didn't collapse Orangepeel Nov 2020 #10

Bloomberg just reported that it seemed that Roberts and Kavanaugh seemed hesitant about still_one Nov 2020 #3

Holy cow! Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #4

Without the mandate.. not really. ananda Nov 2020 #5

It's already $0. Not much impact. NutmegYankee Nov 2020 #7

But an easier issue to fix Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2020 #8

Yes. We need the majority in the Senate to fix some problems. BComplex Nov 2020 #12

It would make it almost a certainty with that, but I think there are at least 3 republicans in the still_one Nov 2020 #14

Exactly. It's time for Dems to realize that Medicare for All is the only viable option Blasphemer Nov 2020 #9

+1 n/t area51 Nov 2020 #15

To be honest, this is the way the precedent's work. NutmegYankee Nov 2020 #11

The law is actually functioning fairly well without the mandate in effect. MontanaFarmer Nov 2020 #13

kick bigtree Nov 2020 #16