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Reply #13: I think you made an error. PPACA does not entrench "consumer-driven" healthcare. [View All]

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BzaDem

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Sat Oct-09-10 10:21 PM
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13. I think you made an error. PPACA does not entrench "consumer-driven" healthcare.

Edited on Sat Oct-09-10 10:24 PM by BzaDem

PPACA limits exchange insurance policies to approximately 4, that cover basically everything (with different deductibles/cost-sharing depending on which of the 4).

Consumer-driven health care is where you are given x thousand dollars and have to pay everything out of pocket (up to a certain amount like 5 or 10 thousand per person, after which catastrophic care covers it). It involves health savings accounts and catastrophic plans for everyone (like in Singapore). This is a Republican idea, but it is the exact opposite of what was enacted in the PPACA.

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