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Originally Posted by Danzig
there are myriad issues with health care, we all know that. but this issue would be best handled by the states, which is where it belongs. arkansas for example has arkids, which works much better than medicare.
the attempts on deciding who needs premium supplements/grants based on income alone is a bad move. what is good money in one state or region is not in another. a family of four making close to 90k annually here or in texas, missouri, etc probably wouldn't have a need for help paying their insurance-in new york city, they would need assistance. and that's just one of the many issues with the health care law. does our way of doing things medically need changing? absolutely. but obamacare isn't the cure. |
That's why Obamacare allows and encourages each state to set up a state-specific, individualized exchange.
Vermont, for example, is going with a more advanced single payer system as the state Obamacare exchange.
BTW, the Republican states that are refusing to do so, will get the generic federal "one-size-fits-all" exchange.
Here's detail, with a map, from January on where each state is in the exchange setup process:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...ernors-exposed
Yes, I wish the public were far better educated on Obamacare. Because at this point, if it is overturned (other than the mandate alone), every single American looses current protections it has given them against insurance company consumer abuses.