The tortured history of the catastrophic-care law is a cautionary tale in the context of the struggle over the new health law, the Affordable Care Act. It illustrates the political and policy hazards of presenting sweeping health system changes to consumers who might not be prepared for them.
Backers of the Affordable Care Act say comparisons to the catastrophic-care debacle are flawed. They say that the new law fills a major health insurance void and that despite its current problems it will never meet the same fate as that undertaking in 1988.
Others involved with the passage and repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act see clear parallels with the current situation, in which a very vocal segment that views itself as harmed by the new law has joined with highly organized political operations to rally opposition to it.
What do you guys thinks ? Is there a lesson to be learnt from the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act or is it incomparable to the Affordable Care Act ? Here is the actual article.
Backers of the Affordable Care Act say comparisons to the catastrophic-care debacle are flawed. They say that the new law fills a major health insurance void and that despite its current problems it will never meet the same fate as that undertaking in 1988.
Others involved with the passage and repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act see clear parallels with the current situation, in which a very vocal segment that views itself as harmed by the new law has joined with highly organized political operations to rally opposition to it.
What do you guys thinks ? Is there a lesson to be learnt from the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act or is it incomparable to the Affordable Care Act ? Here is the actual article.
This sounds awfully familiar... the people who could afford to pay didn't want to pay for those that couldn't. Add that it's nearly a grand per person - on a fixed income that's huge.
ReplyDeleteI think we did the same thing in a game or something once..
Deletehttp://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/11/obamacare-4 i think this all is a hot mess
ReplyDelete"President Ronald Reagan had grown wary of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, but his vice president, George Bush, saw political advantage in it." This says it all!
ReplyDeleteThe idea of paying for someone else health care will never be accepted by those that have to pay for it.
ReplyDeleteAmerican's paying for someone else's health care....not going to happen!
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