EDITORIAL: Blue Cross and Blue Shied’s nice cuts could have been kinder
This would be the first rate decrease since
But rates could be much lower, had
But the rate-reduction request could have been for 15 percent or more.
"We're moving in the right direction, but even with a lower rate, premiums are still too high -- particularly for those who don't get a subsidy," Dr.
"With more certainty from
The lack of certainty and stability stems from
Having failed to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, they've drastically cut funds for "navigators" -- the term for community health centers, nonprofits and private companies that help people access Obamacare.
In
They've also cut 90 percent of the funds to advertise the available ACA options for the 2018 enrollment period.
And, for good measure,
On Wednesday, the Trump administration completed rules that allow short-term, limited-duration insurance plans that cover far fewer services than Obamacare and fail to cover pre-existing conditions.
On top of all this, the N.C. legislature still refuses to expand Medicaid to cover an additional 500,000 North Carolinians, using its worn, flimsy excuse that the federal government might not pay its share.
On Monday, an analysis produced by the conservative
That's a direction worth exploring.
Health care in America is complicated, as even Trump acknowledged after taking office.
Yet ours is the only advanced nation that has not figured out how to provide decent, affordable health care for all.
And we could, if only we would try. All of us.
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