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Were two big problems. one, there was a huge wait list for them and, number two, they often charged really high premiums. i remember speaking to people pre-obamacare about the struggles they had with the high-risk pools. some of the republicans are talking about, well, we'll put more money into it so they will work better but a lot of experts think it just doesn't work. the whole thing about a pool is that you're supposed to spread the risk around. that's what insurance is, right? people of varying risks coming together. that's why insurance works, so to have a pool that's just people who are ...