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Originally Posted by Rose76
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.
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I hate to break the news, but substandard conditions/care is already taking place. For those who are paying for insurance, premiums are going up and so are co- pays. The fight all along has been about funding it. Doctors have always competed for those who can pay the most, they have to because their own insurance rates and expenses are so high now. The least talented doctors have always been the ones that take care of the poor or low paying patients, nothing new there. Good luck finding a doctor who takes medicare too or some of the lower paying plans.
People who pay more get more, that has been going on for a very long time and probably always will.