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In reply to the discussion: Trumps On The Verge Of Exploding The Health Insurance Market [View all]paleotn
(17,912 posts)They need to talk up its good points, and there are many, and say it just needs to be tweaked...ie. reverse Rubio's blowing up of the risk adjustments. Of course the insurance companies raised rates, simply because, thanks to Rethugs, the government didn't stick to its part of the bargain....maintain lower rates by covering differences in risk from pool to pool through government funding. It's like tying ACA's arms behind its back and then saying it doesn't work. But that's hard to get across to those not versed in at least a rudimentary level of the ACA's details.
What 45 is proposing isn't nearly as sneaky as blowing up the risk channels. It's in your face, ain't gonna pay what the government owes. One doesn't have to get into the minutia to understand that clearly. It's like stiffing Lockheed Martin for 20 F-35 jets. It's nearly impossible to spin that....thus this will blowup in 45's orange face.