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dawg

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10. I believe the tax credit is refundable, like the earned income credit ...

Sun Apr 1, 2012, 08:32 AM

Apr 2012

it is basically free money from the government. Also, the only way health insurance companies could milk those percentages is to conspire with health care providers to dramatically raise their prices. I'm not saying this is impossible, but it would be extremely hard to co-ordinate on a scale large enough to matter without getting caught.

It would give health insurance companies less of an incentive to deny procedures and skimp on payments. That could be both a good thing and a bad thing, depending on your point of view.

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Krugman on ACA and the Supreme Court [View all] cthulu2016 Mar 2012 OP

Thank you. ananda Mar 2012 #1

Part of the problem... regnaD kciN Mar 2012 #2

It is easy to pay for libtodeath Mar 2012 #5

I disagree. Medicare increased taxes quite a bit Creideiki Apr 2012 #9

Two problems; Egalitarian Thug Mar 2012 #3

There are provisions in the ACA to deal with (imperfectly) the problems you describe. dawg Mar 2012 #4

I don't think you have thought this through. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #6

Interesting argument quaker bill Apr 2012 #7

I believe the tax credit is refundable, like the earned income credit ... dawg Apr 2012 #10

This is why I think SCOTUS will uphold it quaker bill Apr 2012 #8

But political considerations are made in the real world cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #11

The path to enact it involves striking this legislation down quaker bill Apr 2012 #12