Subject: Re: Democrat Surrender Monkeys

If it doesn't, they also win. Because then they can blame the Reps for sky-high healthcare costs, and people not being able to afford their insurance. In an election year. The Reps will be handing the Dems "Lucille" (ref: The Walking Dead).

When I retired, at 58, the ACA was not quite a thing yet. I picked up a real bare bones policy from United Health, with a $10K deductible. When the ACA went into effect, the premiums would have been a *lot* higher, but Congress kept passing grandfathering language, each year, that let me keep my bare bones coverage, which did not meet ACA minimums. Each year, United Health would send a letter attesting that I had medical coverage, in compliance with the ACA's individual mandate.

The individual mandate was repealed some years ago.

If the sort of bare bones coverage that I had, ten years ago, could again be offered, that would reduce costs for a lot of people.

(cynical mode) between the repeal of the individual mandate, and the restored availability of bare bones coverage, enough people could be drawn out of the ACA system, so that the remainder could safely be ignored?

For those scoring at home today, Humana is down 3.74%, Elevance Health is down 4.17%, United Health, which has more issues than the loss of the ACA gravy train, is down 1.22%

Steve