Remember the Pelosi quote that we needed to pass the bill to find out what is in it? You are correct that many in congress are lawyers and should be able to read and understand the bill. The republicans all understood that is was all lies. Smoke and mirrors. The fucking dems either are to stupid to realize it was lies or are complicit in the deception.One objective of the ACA is that people with pre-existing conditions will not be denied health insurance coverage in the free market. Therefore, high risk people are included in the risk pools of the individual market, this drives up the cost for the insurance company to insure these high risk people. In the past the high risk people were denied a health insurance policy. These people were forced into the states high risk program, 1. if they could afford it and 2. if the state had a high risk program. Not all states had a high risk program and some you had to remain uninsured for 6 months before you could apply to the high risk program. The individual market before the ACA had a lot of problems and resulted in millions of people being uninsured.
You are probably correct in that it will only benefit 20% of the population but it will have an impact on every one of us. Employer provided insurance is being changed. Employees are having to pay more for their insurance. Hours are being cut to avoid having to offer insurance to employees. Originally Posted by Budman