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And then when you do get cancer or some other expensive disease, the rest of us get to pay for your treatment. Yes, that's the exact strategy that Obamacare re
by masonic 10y ago
And then when you do get cancer or some other expensive disease, the rest of us get to pay for your treatment.
Yes, that's the exact strategy that Obamacare rewards.
The Democrats could have limited "preexisting condition" protections to those who obtained coverage in the first year for as long as they retained coverage (in any form, including MedicAid). They chose not to.
- mikeash 10y agoThe mandate is what prevents this. The only failing is that the penalty was too small.
- dragonwriter 10y agoReally, there should be a default (probably public, but perhaps just the lowest-cost bronze plan you could buy off the exchange) option, for which you pay the premium, rather than a penalty. If you want coverage to be mandatory, make it really mandatory.
- mikeash 10y agoThat seems like a good solution. Or, of course, stop pretending it's market-based and start taxing people for it instead. Unfortunately, the ACA had to be watered down a lot just to get the more conservative Democrats to accept it.
- Frondo 10y agoWell, not really. You can only start a new insurance plan for a few months around the new year, or if you move from one state to another, get married, or some other list of major life events. I mean, if you want to have no insurance, and then expect to make a go of treating your cancer by waiting for a plan to kick in after the new year...