Another Way to Cripple Obamacare: Manage It Badly

[ksoze]

Mr. Trump has said he’d like Obamacare to fail, and decisions the administration makes about running it could have big effects.

...President Trump, for the moment, appears to be leaning toward that course of action. In a Tuesday morning tweet, he wrote, “Let Obamacare fail and then come together and do a great healthcare plan.” Later in the day, he told reporters that Republicans should “let Obamacare fail,” adding, “I’m not going to own it.”

Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. But they have demonstrated that there is not enough agreement within the party to pass a major health overhaul bill through the legislature. Mr. Trump’s argument is that catastrophe in the insurance markets will be enough to bring Democrats to the negotiating table. That could be a risky strategy.The Trump administration could take actions to reassure insurers and help stabilize markets. It could promise to fund the special subsidies, at least until the end of this year. It could signal that it will instruct the I.R.S. to continue enforcing tax penalties for Americans who lack health insurance. It could promise to advertise Obamacare’s fall sign-up period, increasing the number of Americans who learn about the program and get coverage. It could reach out to carriers and insurance commissioners to help them find ways to remain in bare markets.

It has the power to minimize damage from any of the current health law’s flaws. At the moment, that does not appear to be the chosen path.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/upshot/obamacares-future-now-depends-on-an-unhappy-white-house.html

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. Therein lies the problem..

Tks for the post ksoze...the solutions are there...WTF.....

[Hoyt]

2. As long as Trump and Price are managing ACA, it will implode. Insurers, providers, and patients

will lose confidence. The mandate is not being enforced, so that puts insurance companies at unacceptable risk and apparently the government is not paying risk subsidies that were promised. People with series illnesses are scared . And GOPers like Paul are laughing.

[Alice11111]

3. That's the Repubs Plan D. Dems need to be screaming,

"Repubs refuse to fix it and refuse to work with Dems."