OPINION: Where does Washington’s health care standoff leave Michigan? | Dickerson
I speak of the Graham-Cassidy bill (also known as the Repeal Obamacare Now or So Help Us God We'll Shoot
Under obscure
So the obvious next step is to cobble together a modest compromise that will stabilize health insurance markets, reassuring consumers and providers while grown-ups in both parties address a more comprehensive health care bill that addresses Obamacare's real weaknesses.
HAHAHAHAHA! Only kidding, chronically ill Americans!
Because, of course, this
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Republican congressional leaders are already talking about using the upcoming debate on the 2018 budget to revive the fast-track rules that expire this weekend.
And
Employer-provided advantage
So far, most Michiganders' health care coverage hasn't been seriously impacted by
So when President
That's the good news. The bad news is that those who do rely on
Open enrollment for those who want to purchase coverage on the exchange begins
Death by uncertainty
But no one knows what any of those plans will cost, because insurers and the state department that regulates them are still waiting to find out whether the Trump administration will fund the payments insurance companies rely on to subsidize coverage for lower-income policyholders.
The subsidies were mandated under the Affordable Care Act that
In a nod to the uncertainty insurers confront as they attempt to set rates for 2018, state regulators allowed
Trump has left little doubt that he will continue to chip away at Obamacare's complex mechanism of incentives and penalties as long as lawmakers leave its superstructure intact. Besides abandoning efforts to bolster enrollment, the president has discouraged the
The longer his sabotage campaign continues, the more heavily the cost will fall on the minority of Michiganders who buy their own coverage.
The most effective antidote to this injustice would be a compromise between
There is little doubt that such a compromise could, if put to a vote, command the support of majorities in the
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