So when Republicans say their constituents are being "hurt" by Obamacare they mean freelancers and small business owners AKA self-employed.
Important to remember that all the talk of premiums and number of insurance providers is about the individual market.
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That's between 4% and 10% of the market depending on the state.http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-population/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D …
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Far more of the market -- up to a fifth or even a quarter of the market in each of these states, is covered by Medicaid.
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What Republicans are doing is pitting that 5-10% of individual market players against the Medicaid population.
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And they're banking that the 5-10%, the small biz people who don't want to provide healthcare or pay for it vote more than the working poor.
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Obamacare counted on every state being compelled to expand Medicaid, and Medicaid being the main way health insurance expanded.
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But 19 Republicans states sued to say no, we won't provide healthcare to that expanded Medicaid population in our states.
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And the SCOTUS sided with them. So now Senators and congressmen from those non-expansion states ONLY care about the 5-10%.
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While GOP Senators from expansion state are forced to care about the 20-25% on the Medicaid expansion.
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And then the fun part: Trumpcare won't just hurt the poor. The 85% who get employer-provided insurance will face lifetime caps, etc. too.
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If states opt out of essential services, those with employer plans who've gotten used to free annual mammograms will get a big surprise.
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And the only people laughing will be the top 1 percent and top 0.1 percent, who will get a big, fat tax cut paid for by poor & disabled ppl.
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It's the ultimate Ayn Randian Republican fantasy: take from the poor to give to the rich. Trump, McConnell and Ryan for the "win."
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Can you say why?
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BC most Americans get their health insurance through their employer, lots via Medicaid, Medicare or Tricare & a small number buy their own.
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Dan is right. Insurance cos are in the biz to make money, not to make people healthy. Remove them from equasion and $$$s would be saved.
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Yes! I've been a long time supporter of inviting the Canadian Insurance Companies in & let's see how fast US Ins. Cos drop their greedy BS
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only 1 Canadian Insurance co for primary care. It's a single-payer system and the govt is the ins. co. And it works better than US system
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Yes! Single payer for sure. But we need something like ACA to fund it. I'm in Calif so fingers crossed. GOP will sabotage national plan.
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