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8. Yes, they are "subsidized"...

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 06:09 PM

Sep 2017

by the government. If the government does not "subsidize" them, then the ACA would probably not survive?

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How would Obamacare be an improvement over a single-payer healthcare system? [View all] kentuck Sep 2017 OP

ACA makes insurance companies happy? TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #1

Yes, they are "subsidized"... kentuck Sep 2017 #8

It's tazkcmo Sep 2017 #2

Only that it is more politically palatable at the moment Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #3

Sounds logical. kentuck Sep 2017 #9

pretty much dembotoz Sep 2017 #5

The ACA was never intended to be the final product FakeNoose Sep 2017 #7

That would make sense... kentuck Sep 2017 #11

Private insurance doesn't have the massive fraud RB TexLa Sep 2017 #10

We would need better vigilance... kentuck Sep 2017 #12

There is far greater fraud in the private insurance markets. Exilednight Sep 2017 #15