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Originally Posted by flghtr65
Why do you think the new ACA law has a rule that people with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied the opportunity to purchase health insurance. The individual market old system, simply did not work.
Texas is different than most states. In Texas there are counties that collect a county tax for the county hospital, this allows the county hospital to see POOR uninsured people for FREE.
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You're in Wisconsin, right? Just asking. Gruber has done a good job on you.
What contributed to raised rates of health care coverage is exactly what you described .. i.e. coverage for "pre-existing" conditions. The option is for people to obtain their coverage through employment or other group plans (there are associations that have negotiated for group plans that historically accepted "pre-existing" conditions). In addition, Texas has participated in the "medicaid" program as well as insurance for kids, both of which have partial federal funding .. The "hospital" system about which you reference is not statewide and was only implemented in larger metro areas, like Harris County.
But thanks for making my point.
States can take care of the problem without ACA.
IMO the "real reason" for ACA was California's failed employee coverage issue. Once all the "back channel" communications/memoes finally surface, you can come back and reread this post. It is no secret why Pelosi jumped on board the ACA ... it was the answer for California, which was going broke providing "benefits" for retired state/local employees, not only from "retirement income," but "disability" and insurance coverage.
Then came along a migration from South of the border, which had been ongoing for years due to the agricultural business, with more illegal aliens seeking medical treatment in the facilities in California, which were mandated by the California legislature to have a minimum number of RN's per patients for which California medical facilities began a national recruiting campaign.
California's health care industry was driving the state into bankruptcy.
Many Texans became aware of another California blight when Reliant Energy filed for a rate increase before the Texas Utility Commission that included a component to cover the losses of Reliant in California when businesses shut down and customers fled California leaving behind their unpaid utility bills.
The ACA is simply business as usual for California. Pushing their liberal bullshit on the rest of the country. Nancy didn't give a shit what was in it, except to cover California's butt with "expanded medicare"???
Covering 10 to 15 million uninsured U.S. citizens doesn't require "re-inventing the wheel" ... you recognize that by recognizing what Texas does.
You, and others focus on "enrollments" ... you ignore those who never get coverage and those losing coverage for various reasons from nonpayment of premiums to inability to prove citizenship. You also ignore the "costs' of supplements and grants for those who need assistance in paying premiums.
Yes, it shows you don't keep up with it much. You don't even understand the basic rules. 
