Analysis: Obamacare exploding? Maybe just a slow burn

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Obamacare was "exploding" after Republican lawmakers shelved legislation that would have dismantled the healthcare law.

That's not going to happen this month. Probably not even this year.

The more than 12 million people who bought 2017 health insurance plans on HealthCare.gov and other websites the law created are not in danger of losing their healthcare or having their premiums go up right now, experts say.

But 2018 is another story.

Republicans could choose to pass a budget that defunds Obamacare's cost-sharing subsidies, which help low-income people cover out-of-pocket and other medical costs. But that would be highly unpopular among consumers who would likely blame the president and Congress for skyrocketing healthcare costs, experts said.

"That is one of the ways that is available to monkey wrench the Affordable Care Act," said Morgan Tilleman, an associate with the law firm Foley & Lardner, who represents insurers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-obamacare-exploding-maybe-just-a-slow-burn/ar-BByKJct?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

[Marie Marie]

1. We know that there is no way they are done flogging the poor to

give tax breaks to the rich. And they will do it quietly and stealthily. It is the one thing they are good at.

[PoliticalPie]

2. Everyone seems to have forgotten the ACA Executive Order of Jan. 20, 2017 that

will make changes to the ACA that will cause problems and that entire House Bill may have only been distraction.

Here is the E.O.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/2/executive-order-minimizing-economic-burden-patient-protection-and


Here is what NYTimes says about it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/upshot/what-does-the-order-against-the-health-law-actually-do.html?_r=0

[fleabiscuit]

3. It can be taken to the Supreme Court. nt

[flamingdem]

4. The insurers have to present plans by the end of June

Ryan must have thought about tax reform and how if AHCA didn't pass he would have it done in time to have insurers pull the rug out.

If this happens and subsidies are reduced or ended well.. that is the end of ACA for me and many others.