tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post2577749010845760042..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: As the ACA mandate bites harder, will a Bronze Age follow?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-87418764663463139522015-08-13T06:46:31.978-04:002015-08-13T06:46:31.978-04:00I have long favored the following reform:
Leave t...I have long favored the following reform:<br /><br />Leave the mandate where it is, including its higher penalties next year.<br /><br />But when the government collects the mandate, it assigns the taxpayer a catastrophic health plan, i.e. a very high deductible and no preventive services.<br /><br />This might not satisfy the pure deficit-hawk bean counters, who will point out that mandate money was supposed to help the federal budget.<br /><br />Big deal, in my view. The mandate would help get more people insured, at least for hospital care and major surgery.bob.hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686373408419885558noreply@blogger.com