"GOP Sets a Trap for Itself"

Posted: Nov 19, 2014

The short version for the article below is that even if Republicans win in the Supreme Court, it is only for those states included in the lawsuit - and the subsidy loss for those states will be financially disastrous for the consumer. The federal government has set aside subsidies for insurance companies in every state for marketplace, which has affected insurance rates in those states, whether they've set it up or not. Since insurance companies are unlikely to drop the rates just for those states, someone will need to make up the difference after subsidy loss. If employers can't or won't, the burden for those increased rates will be on the consumer. In other words, it would be better financially for us to wait for Congress to try to repeal the whole thing than a Supreme Court win. The point of Obamacare was not to foster dependency, but to force It private/employer-paid insurance companies to come down in their rates by being a competitor rather than try to pass laws to regulate them, which would never pass Congress, so that everyone can afford healthcare. Instead, insurance companies have responded by raising their rates and trying to kill Obamacare through politicians - and you're helping them? You sure you wanna kill this whole thing rather than fix what's broken, New School GOP? Do you always have to win just for winning's sake because the corporations tell you to? ;