What a joke. Aside from a few good provisions, this law is looking more and more like a total scamhttp://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/26/obamacare-premiums-penalties/ …
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Replying to @mtracey
only way to get premiums down is through a larger penalty. That's how the Swiss model works. Need more healthy ppl in system
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Replying to @EricLevitz @mtracey
Not saying its an ideal system. But one of the big flaws of the ACA is that the penalty is way too low to achieve its objective.
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Replying to @EricLevitz @mtracey
Switzerland also strictly regulates price of drugs, med devices, lab tests, etc. Keeps costs down for system.
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Yeah. My impression is you need single payer, or heavily regulated private system that includes coercive mandate.
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(In Switzerland, you can go to prison for not being insured).
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Replying to @EricLevitz @lhfang
If true, that's also absurd. And it still wouldn't make the Swiss system meaningfully analogous.
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point is: You can't socialize healthcare costs w/o making ppl who would rather go without insurance (the healthy) pay up
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I reject the proposition that the only viable solution is to double the financial burden on the non-insured.
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What is your solution?
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