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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The Preconditions Necessary for a Bipartisan Solution to Obamacare

chris moris September 12, 2017 0

It is now clear that Republicans cannot unilaterally tackle Obamcare.

But, I will suggest, it is also clear that both Republicans and Democrats can't even begin to have conversations about fixing the health law until they can agree on broader principles.

See my op-ed at CNBC.com.

September: A Full Plate for Congress and Enormous Uncertainty for the Obamacare Exchanges

Republican Plan to Replace Obamacare

chris moris August 18, 2017 0

My comments on CNBC this morning.

The Number of People in the Off-Exchange Individual Health Insurance Market Plunged 29% in the Last Year

Trumpcare

chris moris August 03, 2017 0

Is the individual health insurance market stable?

With Trump threatening to make things worse in the individual health insurance market, was it stable even before he made his threats?

See my op-ed in the National Review.

Strike Three! A Statesman and Two Adults��Republicans Fail to "Repeal and Replace" Obamacare

Senate Obamacare Repeal and Replace Plan

chris moris July 28, 2017 0

The latest attempt by Senate Republicans to "repeal and replace" Obamacare��the �skinny� plan��failed early this morning on a vote of 49-51.

The deciding vote came from John McCain (AZ), joined by Republican Senators Collins (ME) and Murkowski (AK).

Trying to pass the �skinny� bill was a fool�s errand. How did McConnell think he was going to do any better bringing 240 House Republicans�

Strike Two��The Republican Obamacare "Repeal and Replace" Fiasco

Senate Obamacare Repeal and Replace Plan

chris moris July 26, 2017 0

Three strikes and you're out.

On Monday, Senate Republicans approved proceeding to debate on "repealing and replacing" Obamacare by a vote of 50-50-1, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the deciding vote.

Strike One
Yesterday, Senate Republicans failed to approve the bill they had been working on for over a month, which included the Cruz amendment that would have bifurcated the individual

What's Really Behind the Cruz Amendment to the Republican Senate Plan to Replace Obamacare?

Senate Obamacare Repeal and Replace Plan

chris moris July 13, 2017 0

A Cunning Strategy to Back Door Risk Pools and Market Segmentation

Ted Cruz has offered an amendment�since included in the latest Republican Senate draft�that would enable health insurance plans to offer stripped down coverage outside the current Obamacare compliant individual market. Anytime spent covered by them would be considered a break in service and subject the consumer to the

The Senate Republican Obamacare Repeal and Replace Bill Will Not Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance

Senate Obamacare Repeal and Replace Plan

chris moris June 27, 2017 0

At the core of Republican objectives for the "repealing and replacing" of Obamacare is bringing down the cost of health insurance��not just the premiums but the out-of-pocket costs people pay as well.

If implemented, the Senate Republican bill may actually end up increasing costs compared to Obamacare.
Clearly, if Republicans cut $408 billion in current tax credits and other insurance assistance

How ObamaCare Could Become ZombieCare

ZombieCare

chris moris May 09, 2017 0

The individual health insurance market is becoming more unstable as last year's rate increases are beginning to take their toll on the health of the risk pools��particularly among the almost half of the consumers in the market that are not eligible for subsidies.

The Trump administration is making an already bad situation worse.

President Trump is wrong when he says the system will suddenly "

Can Trump Implode the Obamacare Insurance Exchanges by Killing the Cost Sharing Subsidies?

Trump's Obamacare Replacement

chris moris April 25, 2017 0

He claims he can.

Here's my take from last night's PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff.

Is Anthem Exiting the Obamacare Exchanges? The Trump Administration Needs to Decide if They Are In or Out

Trump's Obamacare Replacement

chris moris March 30, 2017 0

Bloomberg is out with a report that Anthem may exit most of their Obamacare exchange markets next year:

Anthem, Inc. is likely to pull back from Obamacare�s individual insurance markets in
a big way for next year, according to a report from analysts who said
they met with the company, a move that could limit coverage options for
consumers at a politically crucial time for the law.

Anthem �

Trump and the GOP Should Face It: There's Only One Option Left to Fix Health Care

Trump health plan

chris moris March 26, 2017 0

I've been saying for years that Obamacare will never be "repealed and replaced," but it will have to be fundamentally fixed, and that fix will inevitably have to be bipartisan.

But with the developments of the past week, I learned something new: Trump and the Republican leadership are ideologically closer to most Democrats than they are to their own far right wing in the House and Senate.

See

The House Republican Obamacare Replacement Plan: Mind Boggling

Republican Health Care Plan

chris moris March 07, 2017 0

It won't work.

Obamacare works for the poorest that have affordable health insurance because all of the program's subsidies tilt in their favor.

Obamacare doesn't work well for the working and middle class who get much less support��particularly those who earn more than 400% of the federal poverty level, who constitute 40% of the population and don't get any help.

Because so many don't do well

The Cockroach Proposal��Selling Insurance Across State Lines

Trump health plan

chris moris March 01, 2017 0

I call support for giving insurance companies the ability to sell insurance across state lines the cockroach proposal.

As bad as it is, you just can't kill the damn thing!

Last night, President Trump once again listed this idea in his address to Congress as one of his health care talking points.

Here is a post about the idea I published on this blog a year ago in the midst of the Republican

Obamacare's Insurance Exchanges Are Self-Destructing��and That is Why Obamacare Needs to Be Fixed in 2017

Trump's Obamacare Replacement

chris moris February 28, 2017 0

Obamacare was self-destructing the day before Donald Trump was elected, and the Republican victory, with their talk of "repeal and replace," has only accelerated things.

Aetna's CEO recently said that the Obamacare insurance exchanges are in a "death spiral."

Cynthia Cox, of the "non-partisan" Kaiser Family Foundation responded that the insurance exchanges "are not really in a death spiral yet.

Rethink 'repeal and replace'

Trump health plan

chris moris February 26, 2017 0

This is an op-ed that I authored in USA Today��two years ago.

Wouldn't change a word of it:

Rethink 'repeal and replace': Column
Robert Laszewski
7:29 PM ET January 14, 2015

Obey health care customers, not political orthodoxy, when proposing Obamacare fixes

The Republicans seem determined to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. They simply cannot bring themselves to consider fixing what they

How Republicans and Democrats Could Come to a Bipartisan Compromise Over Obamacare

Repeal and Replace Obamacare

chris moris January 24, 2017 0

It's not a question of whether or not Republicans and Democrats will come to a compromise over replacing Obamacare.

The Republican attempts to repeal and replace aside, the law is unsustainable in its current form.

Since it will take 60 Senate votes, and the Republicans only have 52 seats, there is no way we can get to a solution to the Obamacare conundrum without a bipartisan compromise.

So,

Is the Trump Administration on Its Way to Its Own "If You Like Your Health Plan You Can Keep It" Fiasco?

Trump Obamacare Executive Order

chris moris January 21, 2017 0

On Friday night the administration issued an executive order giving Trump administration appointees enormous flexibility in modifying how the Obamacare individual health insurance market works.

Specifically, President Trump has given his administration the power "to waive, defer, grant exemptions from or delay the implementation of any provision or requirement of [Obamacare]."

The

"Repeal and Replace" Obamacare: How Will All of This Sort Itself Out?

Trumpcare

chris moris January 17, 2017 0

Will the Republicans Follow Through on Their Promise to Repeal Obamacare?
Yes.

You have probably been reading press stories that bring into question whether or not Republicans will actually keep their campaign promise to "repeal" the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In fact, there is much discussion going on among Congressional Republicans about repealing key funding elements of the ACA as part of a

Fixing Health Insurance Reform is a Zero Sum Game: The Only Way Republicans Can Lower Costs is to Provide Less Coverage��Wrong!

Repeal and Replace Obamacare

chris moris January 13, 2017 0

Don't Underestimate the Value of Rearranging the Deck Chairs

Anna Wilde Mathews and Louise Radnofsky have a well-done story in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. They point out that a relatively few sicker people account for most of the cost of care:

Congress has begun the work of replacing the Affordable Care Act, and that means lawmakers will soon face the thorny dilemma that confronts every

"Republicans Are Being Awfullly Naive" About the Transition Period in "Repeal and Replace"

Republican Plan to Replace Obamacare

chris moris December 01, 2016 0

"To have an orderly ["Repeal and Replace"] transition, I think Republicans need to reimplement the risk corridors by February or March. That is the only chance they have. I don't think there is a single Republican member of Congress who has thought about this. I am reading all of these quotes and they're completely blind to the fiasco on the individual market that they're about to create."

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