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The Trump administration may no longer enforce a rule requiring individual Americans to carry health insurance or pay a penalty if they do not, a senior White House official said on Sunday
Speaking on ABC's "This Week" program, Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president, said President Donald Trump "may stop enforcing the individual mandate."
Separately, on CBS' "Face the Nation" show, she reiterated Republican promises that no one would lose their health insurance under Obamacare while a replacement is being developed.
"For the 20 million who rely upon the Affordable Care Act in some form, they will not be without coverage during this transition time," she said.
Kellyanne Conway, ... one of America's most successful women
Kellyanne(đź’“) also said nobody who has an exchange policy will be losing their policies during any transition period resulting from any changes to the laws.
originally posted by: roadgravel
Kellyanne Conway, ... one of America's most successful women
Really. Pollster...
Guess that's today's standard.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: introvert
Good. The individual mandate was a horrible idea and the Republicans should be ashamed for ever inventing it.
no gop votes for the aca
the dems own the aca
no revisionist history here
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: introvert
Good. The individual mandate was a horrible idea and the Republicans should be ashamed for ever inventing it.
no gop votes for the aca
the dems own the aca
no revisionist history here
“Section 1. It is the policy of my Administration to seek the prompt repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended (the “Act”). In the meantime, pending such repeal, it is imperative for the executive branch to ensure that the law is being efficiently implemented, take all actions consistent with law to minimize the unwarranted economic and regulatory burdens of the Act, and prepare to afford the States more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.

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Sec. 2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) and the heads of all other executive departments and agencies (agencies) with authorities and responsibilities under the Act shall exercise all authority and discretion available to them to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision or requirement of the Act that would impose a fiscal burden on any State or a cost, fee, tax, penalty, or regulatory burden on individuals, families, healthcare providers, health insurers, patients, recipients of healthcare services, purchasers of health insurance, or makers of medical devices, products, or medications.

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“Sec. 3. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Secretary and the heads of all other executive departments and agencies with authorities and responsibilities under the Act, shall exercise all authority and discretion available to them to provide greater flexibility to States and cooperate with them in implementing healthcare programs.”

“Sec. 4. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the head of each department or agency with responsibilities relating to healthcare or health insurance shall encourage the development of a free and open market in interstate commerce for the offering of healthcare services and health insurance, with the goal of achieving and preserving maximum options for patients and consumers.

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What this Order clearly does not do:
Take away anyone’s existing healthcare coverage. If individuals and families have insurance coverage through the state exchanges, it does not appear that anything in this EO would interrupt such coverage.
End any specific programs or initiatives. While it’s entirely possible that federal agencies will interpret the directive to stimulate the free marketplace as allowing them to discontinue certain federal programs, no such programs are specifically targeted at this phase.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: introvert
source?
so if it was that bad how stupid were the dems for voting it in?
An individual mandate to purchase healthcare was initially proposed by the politically conservative Heritage Foundation in 1989 as an alternative to single-payer health care. From its inception, the idea of an individual mandate was championed by Republican politicians as a free-market approach to health care reform.[13][14] The individual mandate was felt to resonate with conservative principles of individual responsibility, and conservative groups recognized that the healthcare market was unique. Stuart Butler, an early supporter of the individual mandate at the Heritage Foundation, wrote: If a young man wrecks his Porsche and has not had the foresight to obtain insurance, we may commiserate, but society feels no obligation to repair his car. But health care is different. If a man is struck down by a heart attack in the street, Americans will care for him whether or not he has insurance
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: introvert
source?
so if it was that bad how stupid were the dems for voting it in?
originally posted by: rickymouse
The worst part of the Obamacare mess is that many employers let their employee insurances go and upped the wage of their workers a bit to cover the Obamacare insurance. The prices of insurance are getting way out of hand, seventeen grand for a family, fifteen for a couple, and thirteen and a half for a single person. Companies can't afford to buy insurance anymore, so they just dumped the free insurance and Obamacare took over.
Now we have a worse situation than we had before Obamacare came out. Giving the doctors an open checkbook with no limits is causing a problem. They are scheduling way too many tests and finding nothing. They do nothing and the people get better, in the same time they would have got better without going to the doctor.