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"I do mind putting more money into a broken system." That's the problem with Obamacare. It just pumped more money into a corrupt system. The result is that pre
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
"I do mind putting more money into a broken system."
That's the problem with Obamacare. It just pumped more money into a corrupt system. The result is that premiums are going up like crazy.
For the same reason I am against cancellation of student debt. If we don't stop the increases in tuition we are just shoveling money to corrupt institutions.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoPremiums went up because more people started getting more healthcare. ACA is explicitly a wealth transfer from the young to the old and from the healthy to the sick. The young to the old because the highest premium for 64 year olds is capped at 3x the premium of 21 to 24 year olds. The healthy to the sick because insurance companies can only charge people based on age, location, and smoking status, and cannot refuse anyone for any reason. On top of that, healthcare cost increases slowed down after ACA. So ACA is working similar to universal taxpayer funded healthcare (which would require tax increases). It is not perfect, and it is quite likely there was a better alternative, but there were a lot of compromises that had to be made to even get ACA. There is only one party fighting to get people healthcare, and they do not have the power on Congress anymore. And likely never will again to be able to do things with it having to heavily compromise.