{"id":30580,"date":"2017-04-04T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30580"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:34:47","slug":"why-we-need-a-clean-repeal-of-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30580","title":{"rendered":"Why We Need A Clean Repeal Of ObamaCare"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article today about the first U.S. city to feel the effects of the failure of ObamaCare<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Knoxville<\/a>, Tenn<\/a>., could be the first city in the U.S. where Obamacare completely collapses, leaving tens of thousands of people without the option to buy a subsidized insurance policy<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humana<\/a>, the city\u2019s only remaining insurance provider on its Obamacare exchange, announced it is exiting the market in 2018. If that happens, Knoxville citizens will be in a rough spot. Unless another insurance provider fills Humana\u2019s place, some 40,000 people in the Knoxville area will likely be left without the option to purchase an Obamacare-subsidized insurance policy, CNN reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knoxville is illustrative of one of the main problems with Obamacare: It doesn\u2019t promote market-based<\/a> competition. Insurers pull out of marketplaces where it is not cost-efficient for them to provide services, and, as a result, consumers are left with fewer options at higher prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the government interferes with the free market, bad things happen.<\/p>\n

Because of the collapse of ObamaCare, people will have to buy their insurance in the private marketplace. Senators Lamar Alexander<\/a> and Bob Corker<\/a> of Tennessee have proposed a bill that would allow consumers to purchase any state-approved health insurance plans with ObamaCare subsidies. Again, the government is interfering in the free market.<\/p>\n

The health insurance industry is not the villain here. Insurance companies use statistical tables to determine rates. They are in business to make money and should be allowed to do so (although allowances should be made for pre-existing conditions and long-term issues). There are a few steps that can be taken to bring reason back into the health insurance market–tort reform, selling insurance across state lines,\u00a0 and high risk pools for pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n

Texas succeeded in slowing the rise of health insurance premiums<\/a> by tort reform. Unfortunately a large percentage of the campaign money that goes to Congressional campaigns comes from trial lawyers. That will make it very difficult to pass tort reform on a national level. This is another reason to get the federal government out of the health insurance business.<\/p>\n

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