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Originally Posted by sidestepper
What I fear is the republicians winning the presidency and the house and getting their way, cutting SS, Social services and finding away to cut ACA benefits. I doubt they will slash ACA but they would put holes in it here and there until it collapses and then say see, it was no good.
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That's exactly what they would love to do. ACA is permanent. Even Ted Cruz knows that. The big fight now will be over funding it. The Republicans will try to starve it. They'll try to make people have bigger co-pays. Nursing homes that cater to Medicaid patients deliver some deplorable care. The Republicans will want hospitals to have no-frills accomodations for people on basic healthcare plans, while they have more posh accomodations for people on more expensive plans. That doesn't sound like such a wrong idea, until you see how it leads to really substandard conditions in the facilities for people on the cheapest plans. Doctors will compete for patients who can pay the most. The least talented doctors will be incentivized to care for the poorest patients.