{"id":132006,"date":"2016-11-10T21:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T04:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/10\/how-vulnerable-is-obamacare.html"},"modified":"2016-11-10T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T04:41:28","slug":"how-vulnerable-is-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/10\/how-vulnerable-is-obamacare.html","title":{"rendered":"How vulnerable is "Obamacare"?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to this article, dismantling it is going to be a heck of a lot more difficult than campaign promises make it sound (certainly not a "Day 1" executive fiat). That is, unless the GOP want to create utter chaos in the insurance industry, among the insured, and face a political backlash from a lot of folk who suddenly discover that a lot of the things they really liked<\/i> about the ACA (such as getting rid of "pre-existing conditions" as a way to deny coverage) are suddenly back in effect.<\/p>\n

Given this framing, what I suspect we will end up with is a watered-down ACA that tries to keep the really popular bits, that allows for shoddier policies to be written with fewer consumer protections, that eliminates a number of minimum services that have to be covered (such as free birth control), and that's still even more financially precarious and covers fewer people.<\/p>\n

Which is likely better than nothing, but will still lead to added suffering around the nation, and more folk who are less than enchanted by the new management.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDespite Republican pledges, ‘repealing Obamacare’ will be almost impossible — but it could be vandalized<\/a><\/span>
\nThe promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act has been a staple of the Republican Party platform virtually since the law’s enactment in 2010.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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According to this article, dismantling it is going to be a heck of a lot more difficult than campaign promises make it sound (certainly not a "Day 1" executive fiat). 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