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From the linked report("new analysis") referenced in the first paragraph: >"The potential impacts detailed in this report reflect what could happen absent deci
by bogomipz 7y ago
From the linked report("new analysis") referenced in the first paragraph:
>"The potential impacts detailed in this report reflect
what could happen absent decisive federal action.
If these impacts are not mitigated, the public
health and economic consequences to consumers,
small and large employers and health insurers are
potentially staggering, including:
• Consumers and employees not getting needed
testing or treatments due to cost barriers,
both for COVID-19 but also for other health
conditions.
• Employers no longer being able to offer
affordable coverage, or dramatically shifting
costs to employees.
• Consumers and employers no longer being able
to afford coverage, leading to employer groups
dropping coverage or individuals deciding to go
uninsured.
• Even more unsubsidized marketplace enrollees
being priced out of individual markets.
• Small insurers risk insolvency, and if they
close, put covered consumers at financial risk,
damaging competition that benefits consumers
and the employers that purchase on behalf of
millions of Americans.
• Dramatic cost increases, many of which will be
borne by the federal government in the form of
higher Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTC),
or by both federal and state governments paying
for increased Medicaid enrollment as individuals
and employers drop coverage"
Aren't almost all of these things not only already true but have also been true for years now?