Collins on support for GOP tax bill: I want to see what comes out of conference committee

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43. Sweet Suzy thinks the Republicans are going to bust their asses to stabilize the ACA markets

about as likely as O.J. Simpson dedicating the remainder of his life to finding the real murderer(s).

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-tax-bill-accomplishes-major-obamacare-repeal-goal-073356031--business.html

Collins, still opposed to removing the mandate, said she voted for the tax bill on Saturday after being assured by Republican leaders that they will support legislation to prop up U.S. health insurance markets.

What a goddam fucking idiot you are if you believe that

One of the Obamacare stabilization bills, co-authored by Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray, would restore billions of dollars in subsidies that health insurers use to reduce out-of-pocket costs for low income Americans.

A second, co-authored by Collins and Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, would create an additional $4.5 billion fund to compensate insurers for covering health care for the sickest patients.

No health care expert thinks that is anywhere near enough for that

Still, health policy experts said both of those measures would be needed without a mandate repeal and would not make up for expected premium increases and the rise in the numbers of uninsured Americans.

"Neither of these bills would do anything to offset the increase in uninsured resulting from a mandate repeal," said Larry Levitt, health economist at the Kaiser Family Foundation. "The marketplaces would limp along without a mandate but it's probably not a stable place."