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global1

(25,237 posts)
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 06:30 PM Jan 2017

Will The Repug Replacement Of Obamacare.....

allow people to 'keep their doctor & keep their plan'?

Trump is highly critical of Obamacare for that - so will they assure the American People that they can 'keep their doctor & keep their plan' as a cornerstone of their replacement?

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LonePirate

(13,412 posts)
1. There is a difference between having the option to buy a plan and being able to afford it.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 06:35 PM
Jan 2017

It's very easy for politicians to tell taxpayers they can keep their plan. It's another thing entirely when it comes to having the money to buy that plan once the rates go up and the subsidies end.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. Depending on how they restructure things, I'd bet the insurers have to develop new plans at some
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 06:39 PM
Jan 2017

point. That might mean new doctors in the network, new covered drugs, and god knows what else. Let's just hope the plans are worth having, regardless of the network, etc.

But who knows what those fools will do when they get down to it.

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