Getting rid of the reinsurance fees is the worst idea yet. How could they fund the reinsurance program without it?
If republicans want to ax the reinsurance program, which smooths out the variability of the individual markets and allows rates to be 15% lower, whatever -- they just need to admit and own it. But it's too late for 2014. The rates are already out there and people have already bought insurance. Its simply too late to increase rates by 15%. If Republicans want this, where have they been the last 3 years?
It was Democrats who wanted to delay the reinsurance tax, as it would hit labor unions hard, but apparently that's out of the deal now.
