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Legislation as complex as the ACA couldn’t be expected to consider every scenario out of the box. If Congress had done its job, it would have updated the law to fill in any gaps. But p
2026-09-06 22:44:32
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Terra B :
I remember when the ACA was trying to get passed. Part of the marketplace was going to be the ability to buy into Medicaid or Medicare and possibly lowering the eligibility aged of Medicare to 55. These provisions could have closed some of these gaps, but were considered piuson pills and threatened the entire bill being passed.
2026-09-07 16:04:39
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Kaleb :
But they would have had nothing otherwise anyways right?
2026-09-07 03:15:33
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suturebridge :
Also, the private insurance companies instantly raised the rates and deductibles on everyone else. Look at the record profits of big insurance since the passage of the ACA…
2026-09-07 03:06:12
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Dorothy I’m Not :
I had to explain to a man who’d worked in a small company for 15 years with only 11 employees that since he’d now qualified for ACA coverage and not Medicaid,he was now responsible for copayments where under Medicaid it was prohibited.
2026-09-07 16:00:07
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Tiltzer :
states fault but fed gov shouldve done a better job knowing republicans would do whatever they could to gut it
2026-09-06 22:45:41
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joy45785 :
lost our insurance and was not able to afford it- without insurance since- our premiums would be $1800 - i can be homeless and have insurance or pay my mortgage
2026-09-06 22:08:44
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