I wish people wouldn't be so rude to those who lose out under the ACA.

[geek tragedy]

3. That very small segment of the population will be negatively adversely.

However, the segment of the population that is:

a) young and healthy;
b) not getting employer healthcare;
c) not on their parents' policy;
d) making too much to qualify for a subsidy;
e) prefers cheap plans with no real benefits;
f) will never get seriously sick or injured

is currently being elevated as if they are the only people in the United States who matter.

Poor people, people with pre-existing conditions, people who actually get sick or injured, people who feel forced to stay on their jobs because of a lack of options, people who are getting health insurance for the first time ever--those people are all being ignored right now.

It's all about healthy people who like their catastrophic insurance policies. And a lot of the reports we read about are bogus, so there's that too.

While those folks count, so do everyone else.