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It doesn't appear that Trump wants to. But if he did, many of the proper steps are obvious....

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/health/aca-obamacare-repeal-how-to-fix-health-care.html
Tim Finnegan Interesting that it mentions rising premiums. You have always said, when it was brought up on this board, that people who complain about that, or the lack of savings of $2500/year, that those people ignore the subsidies. Seems people really do have increases in premiums and don't get subsidized.

Also, I agree that the law should be enforce...See More
Jul 30, 2017
Bob R/CA Tim, you have to abandon your arguments, or embrace the facts:

1) the premiums rose zero percent for people with subsidies and Medicaid, for both 2016 and 2017

2) premiums have always risen year over year, this is not new and that truth was never expected to change because of the ACA, and finally

3) the savings predicted...See More
Jul 30, 2017
Tim Finnegan Bob, I am not arguing that premiums did not rise for the people who receive subsidies. However, as we know you hate when politicians lie about health care bills, here is the quote: "I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium...See More
Jul 30, 2017
Bob R/CA Noted: you don't want to discuss how the bill benefitted people, especially the most at-risk - you just want to argue it didn't fit a semantic definition that means nothing.
Jul 31, 2017
EasTexSteve It didn't benefit those millions who were already getting fully paid health coverage with low deductibles through their employers. It hurt them.
Jul 31, 2017


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