About those High Risk Pools

[edhopper]

and yes, they are a terrible idea to begin with.

But doesn't the SCOTUS Medicaid Expansion ruling apply, and mean that any State can opt out of it.

So many with serious health issues will never get insurance now. At any price.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Yes. Covering pre-existing conditions is the rule, states need to get a waiver.

The bill is a piece of shit though:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/05/who-gets-hurt-and-when-if-trumpcare-becomes-law/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-b%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.f68497330440

[duncang]

2. One of the main reqasons it should just go to single payer

Is people when the move job to job. Each time they are susceptible to being moved to a high risk pool. You may have a job where you get to just enroll in insurance. But there is no guarantee when the next job comes along or if they will give you the same option. Plus there are lapses in insurance.

There are a lot of Americans who do move job to job. A lot of the smaller companies can't afford to keep a lot of people employed all year around. There are some workers who follow the jobs. Like oil/gas/chemical plant turn arounds. Ship yards will pull in outside contractors when the ship yard has major projects going on. Housing construction is dependent on home sales cycles. Stores on the seasons. Look at Ford and Carrier they will be pulling in a lot of construction companies fo rhte time the new plants are built. But those jobs will go away. The companies that supply that labor can't handle keeping them year around.

Politicians especially repub's don't seem to get that. There is a large percentage of people who work like that. That's why the only real solution is a single payer one.

[ck4829]

3. Will "affluenza" be a condition that will put you in one of these pools?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029026198

[democratisphere]

4. Many other nations can provide healthcare at a reasonable cost.

The US can not provide affordable healthcare because the US healthcare system is totally corrupt with outragous costs and pricing controlled by wall street health insurance companies.