Trump doesn't know it, but his attempt to blow up Obamacare could help California and other states

[Zorro]

The fog is still swirling around President Trump’s assaults last week on the Affordable Care Act.

That’s especially true of his cancellation of cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers, possibly the most poorly understood subsidies of the ACA. Trump’s lack of understanding of America’s healthcare system appears to be almost infinite, so it’s hardly surprising that he doesn’t grasp the complexities of the cost-sharing reduction payments. But the misunderstandings extend to congressional Republicans, and even Democrats.

The truth is that Trump’s action could lead to more Americans receiving subsidized health coverage. It could also produce a windfall for states including California. To understand how that could happen, one has to understand how these subsidies work.

A couple of preliminary points: They’re not “bailouts” of insurance companies, as Trump described them. And the motion filed by California, 17 other states and the District of Columbia to block Trump’s action should still go ahead, for reasons we’ll get to in a moment.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-trump-obamacare-20171016-story.html

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Remember there are two enities that

most likely getting hurt. One is Mass Care,and Libby Montana and surrounding county,which were giving first dollar coverage because of a Zonalite Plant. Remember Max Baucus carving this out as part of the deal for him in Montana.

[BigmanPigman]

2. The ACA is so complicated that the fucking moron wouldn't

be able to understand the first paragraph if he studied it for an entire month (even with his genius IQ). I do not get most of it no matter how hard I try...and I have been trying for 4 years since it is my life source.