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Well that's now their second biggest problem

13 Million people about to lose insurance

and ACA premiums about to double so people will drop that too to buy food/rent

means America is returning to emergency-room as primary care with unpaid massive bills so many, many hospitals will close

We're basically going to ride this broken system into the ground

ie. bridges are never repaired in USA until they completely collapse

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Agree. If this was the movie studios, or the record industry, then this kind of creative destruction would be ok, but we are talking about regulatory arbitrage and financialization leading to a market failure, and in this case it is our health system. Traveling 50-75 miles to the nearest ER will most often just lead to death. This is perhaps the most basic service a modern economy can provide ... third world countries will have better options than many US citizens.

Most Americans don't get insurance from ACA exchanges.

Right, but over 20 million people do. And those are generally less wealthy people for whom price increases would be quite a hardship.

I'm just saying: that isn't the system driving into the ground. Even after this administration royally screws up the ACA, we'll still be in a better position than we were prior to the passage of the ACA.

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