As Republicans struggle, Obamacare's architects outline how it could be fixed
It is news to me--He has met with Trump three times.
As Republicans struggle, Obamacare's architects outline how it could be fixed
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/27/ezekiel-emanuel-kathleen-sebelius-donald-trump-obamacare-senate-republicans/103231860/
Susan Page , USA TODAY 6:56 p.m. ET June 27, 2017
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Obamacare architect on how to fix it
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel doesn't think the AHCA will pass through Congress and shares his ideas about how Obamacare could be improved, rather than repealed. He speaks with Susan Page, USA TODAY ..............................
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But those who oppose repealing the Affordable Care Act caution that the GOP's failure to act would create complications of its own, both for those who gained insurance coverage through the Obama initiative and just about everybody else.
"There's nothing insurance companies hate more than uncertainty, and one of the things they do to respond to uncertainty is to increase their premiums," Ezekiel Emanuel, a bioethicist and University of Pennsylvania professor,........................ Premiums for those who buy insurance through the Obamacare exchanges, already rising, would increase more, pricing some Americans out of the market. Those who get insurance through their employers also would feel the effect as hospitals spread the costs of treating the uninsured.
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Emanuel played a key role in the Obama White House in devising the Affordable Care Act. But he also met with Donald Trump three times since the November election to discuss health care policy, most recently at the White House in March...............................................
