Well I'm glad "clear and concise to your eye" is the rubric by which we're grading policy. Or maybe this isn't about the actual policy, you just want complex reality to be boiled down in a way that's easily digestible?
There you go. Because you can't read: * There is in an individual mandate for insurance, you must have it, or you get hit with a tax penalty.
If you can afford insurance, we'll set up exchanges, and offer a subsidy to help offset the cost.
Employers over a certain size must offer healthcare.
* You can't drop people for preexisting conditions.
* You have to keep people on until age 27.
I can go on, but there's more.
If you're going to through out nonsense for premiums, I'll remind you that subsidies go up, and premiums always go up regardless of the law.
My car insurance premium goes up every year, Republicans say it is because of Obamacare.
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Not saying the ACA is flawless, but I'm not confident that Trump and the GOP are going to improve the situation in the long-term. ("cutting the red tape at the FDA" might help a bit, though) It's still not clear exactly what actions they will take.
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