| BackInTheNewYorkGroove |
02-11-2015 04:51 PM |
Re: Is Ted Cruz Satan? Discuss.
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
(Post 494237)
I wasn't replying to you, I was replying to sidd's preceeding post. I appreciate her advice, and the point you make is a great one. If you provide the average poor person the ability to surf a gazillion optrions you are not doing them a favor. It's the same result as to when you get to law school and learn all these consumer protection laws that are intended to help the poor and are mostly of benefit to the well off, just due to lack of knowledge by the poor.
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Re the complexity issue, the administration tried to encourage state exchanges to use "navigators" to help people and businesses decide what plan was the best fit.
Like everything else in Obamacare, this works reasonably well in states that set up their own exchanges (like New York), and less well in states that did not (like, say, Florida). The governor and attorney general did more than a little scaremongering on "medical privacy" and the department of health (run by an appointee of the governor) refused to allow navigators to work at county health offices (which is where a lot of poor floridians go for basic health care like immunizations and school physicals). The GOP legislature also passed a law preventing the state department of insurance from regulating health insurance premiums on new plans (like, say, Obamacare plans). Then when rates are high, well, who's to blame? The Kenyan Socialist, of course.
In fact, one could argue that Florida's actions are a deliberate attempt to sabatoge Obamacare. Refusing the help to explain policy options is just one part of it. If enough people are unhappy with their policy (because they didn't understand their options) or how much it costs, support for the ACA will fade and the GOP can undo it. |
