tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post6483544377011581837..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: The Counter-Upshot: Obamacare is quite as egalitarian as it appearsAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-7916109486721995182015-11-20T12:44:45.002-05:002015-11-20T12:44:45.002-05:00So the issue is: will the "largely Republican...So the issue is: will the "largely Republican cohort" of middle income citizens continue to tacitly or explicitly go along with bloviation about the atrocity of Obamacare, or will they push their representatives to expand subsidies?PFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263515090451316188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-59653747723813493752015-11-14T08:45:53.125-05:002015-11-14T08:45:53.125-05:00As you point out, there is a sizable block of peop...As you point out, there is a sizable block of people who have no employer coverage, and face higher premiums due to guaranteed issue, and get no subsidies due to their middle class incomes. I talk to these people at my insurance agency every day. <br />The ACA left them worse off. This was partly due to the need to cap subsidies to make the ACA law 'revenue neutral,' and partly due to the fact that Gruber and others in the elite have little sympathy for this largely Republican cohort<br />The grandfathered plans sort of put off the pain for a few years, and these plans were really cheap for those healthy enough to obtain them years ago. But as these plan disappear, due to time or insurers leaving the market, this group faces huge premium increases. And some of them are deciding to remain uninsured.<br />But Republicans are too stubborn to accept expanding the subsidies, and Democrats are too timid to even suggest it.bob.hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686373408419885558noreply@blogger.com