Want my support for the ACA? Repeal the mandate.

[Jesus Malverde]

140. Have you done the math for an individual who doesn't qualify for

the subsidies, has college loans that cannot be resolved through bankruptcy, cant pretend they are children and stay on their parents plan and are suffering from wage pressures? Paying a full nut for insurance might not make economic sense.

Are you looking at this from the individual level or are you looking at this from the perspective of a system. Some think that young healthy people struggling financially should be locked into a broken system paying outsized premiums for services they don't need so that the program works for the older/sick people.

The ACA might not make sense for young people. They might end up paying for 10-15 years of premiums they don't need. It makes a ton of sense for the insurance companies and those people the young will be subsidizing.

Even some of those participating in the ACA will need to declare bankruptcy because they will not be able to afford non covered medical expenses.

The biggest problem with the ACA is that it doesn't deliver health care it delivers expensive insurance, with guaranteed profits for privately owned corporations.

You know the anthem blue cross ACA plan in Alameda has 4 doctors...only two of which are board certified. 4 doctors for the whole county. Id say people are being pushed into paying full price for premiums and getting a plan that is no way comparable to the plans offered through employers. A similar blue cross plan for Alameda offered through an employer would have access to many many more doctors. All of them board certified.