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Originally Posted by wittynickname
My insurance went up every year before the ACA went into effect, that's not new, that's the nature of the game. It actually dropped the first two years of the ACA. I was growing up in the 90s, far before the ACA was even conceived, and insurance way back then was already obscenely expensive.
The ACA is intensely flawed, because what we should have is universal healthcare, but we couldn't make that work. But the ACA prevents people from going uninsured because of pre-existing conditions, and that alone has saved thousands of lives, so for all its faults, it's better than the system was before.
Trump also managed to leave hundreds of subcontractors out of luck when he went bankrupt, so just as many as he employed, he left high and dry. Not even close to a comparison.
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It goes up because their is no competition to keep prices down. Now they have mandated that everybody has to pay in and fine them if they don't pay, The people before that didn't have coverage because they couldn't afford it, now they have to pay for something expensive that they can't afford. It sounds like a good idea but doesn't work in reality.
I don't think the Canadian system is the one to follow.
The reality of business is it's competitive and sometimes things fold, it sucks for everybody involved. He's a ruthless and shrewd business man, I think the USA could use somebody like that at the reigns, over someone who will just continue to throw money at problems hoping they will get better and bailing out her corporate handlers.