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Important to understand, and i know this is actuarial speak, but the pool of people who are covered in the catastrophic policies are separate from those in the broader marketplace. so for people who are going into the exchanges and buying coverage, theyre all pooled together. if you take out young and healthy people, thats going to mean everybody in the marketplace is going to see their premiums increase and creates tremendous amount of instability in that marketplace. if they buy a catastrophic...

Sticks. those carrots were offering people subsidies for buying coverage. >> going on your parents coverage. freebies. >> and things like the small business exchange. the thing is, a lot of those carrots arent quite as appealing as they wanted to a lot of these young invincibles, young, healthy people, and now this carrot for small business. were going to make it easy for your employees to buy coverage, thats not working either. so then youve got the sticks, the individual mandate penalties -- >...

Sebelius have no problem whatsoever making you, when you sign up for obamacare give your most private information to a convicted felon. everybody apparently liked their plans. so why the hell do we have to do this in the first place? >> a lot of people thought they were buying coverage that turned out not to be so good. >> i will remind you some people like to drive a ford, not a ferrari and some people like to drink out of a red solo cup not a crystal stem. you are taking away their choice. >> ...

One of the things health reform was designed to do was to helpu the underinsured. there are fewer than 5% of americans who have cut rate plans that dont offer real protection in the event of a serious illness or accident. remember, before the affordable care act, these bad apple insurers had free rein every single year to limit the care you received or jack up your premiums or bill you into bankruptcy. so a lot of people thought they were buying coverage, but it turned out to be not so good. bef...

Was designed to do was to help not only the uninsured but also the under insured. there are a number of americans, fewer than 5% of americans, who have got cut rate plans that dont offer real financial protection in the event of a serious illness or an accident. remember, before the affordable care act these bad apple insurers had free reign, every year to limit the care you received or use minor preexisting conditions to jack up your premiums or bill you into bankruptcy. so a lot of people thou...

Was designed to do was to help not only the uninsured but also the underinsured. and there are a number of americans, fewer than 5% of americans, who have got cutrate plans that dont offer real financial protection in the event of a serious illness or an accident. remember, before the affordable care act, these bad apple insurers had free rein. every single year to limit the care that you received, or use minor preexisting conditions to jack up your premiums or bill you into bankruptcy. so a hot...

Not only the uninsured, but also the underinsured. and there are a number of americans, fewer than 5% of americans, who have got cut-rate plans, that dont offer real financial protection in the event of a serious illnesses or an accident. remember, before the affordable care act, these bad apple insurers had free rein. every single year to limit the care that you received or used minor preexisting conditions to jack up your premiums. or bill you into bankruptcy. so a lot of people thought they w...

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