Under the GOP plan, the report states, "about
one-sixth of the population resides in areas in which the nongroup market
would start to become unstable beginning in 2020."
To break that down: The "areas" the report
refers to are mostly red states, and the "nongroup market" refers to
people who do not have health insurance through an employer or
through the government.
And "unstable" means that people in those two
categories who have preexisting medical problems might no longer be able
to buy insurance.
Eventually, according to the report released Wednesday,
markets in those states would resemble markets before Obamacare was
implemented. Less healthy consumers would not be able to afford
coverage, because insurers would be able to examine their medical histories
and charge them more if they were likely to need expensive treatment
in the future.
Republicans have claimed that their bill would maintain
Obamacare's protections for those people, but according to the CBO report,
about one-sixth of the total U.S. population could be at risk if they have
preexisting problems. Those patients would generally live in red states.
I'm happy with the thought that I'll never have to suffer the pangs of Trumpgrets either.
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