Since the beginning of this course, I have been trying to learn how the Republicans can be so against the insurance exchanges mandated by the PPACA when the original idea was, in fact, a Republican idea. This week, Forbes magazine has a column written by Avik Roy, who was also a healthcare policy advisor for the Romney campaign, outlining his (Roy's) primary concerns with the exchanges. As it turns out, his complaint is not with the exchanges themselves but with the mandated minimum requirements for the plans included on the exchanges, and to some extent the requirement for community rating.
I don't necessarily agree with his ideas, but it's refreshing to actually know which ideas I'm not agreeing with!! I wish he had put forward this coherent of an argument during election season; I would have understood Romney's position better.
Here's the link:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/11/19/what-states-should-build-instead-of-obamacares-health-insurance-exchanges/
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