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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: January 13, 2017, 09:10:32 PM »

What are actual, serious GOP proposals to replace the ACA? I'm primarily asking the Republican posters on this forum. And how will they ensure affordable coverage for the 30 million Americans who could lose their healthcare as a result of repealing the ACA?
"Health savings accounts."

Which is a fancy word for "nothing."
I'm not sure how HSAs would even cover medical costs unless you were rich healthy.
FTFY
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2017, 07:15:26 PM »

The problem with the idea of "shopping for care" is two-fold. First and foremost, a significant portion of care, especially the more expensive types of care, become needed suddenly and unexpectedly, so there is little to no chance for comparison shopping. Secondly, individuals just don't have the economic clout needed to extract price concessions from the oligarchic hospital industry. Personally, I think the best reform one could make in restructuring how our health-care system works would be to require that health insurance be run on a non-profit model. That would insure that insurance works on behalf of the insured and provide the needed counterweight to the hospital industry.
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