When ACA is repealed on day one

Yes. Dumping them and buying construction stocks that will go up with the border wall project on day two.

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When ACA is repealed on day one

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Not happening.

Dumping millions off the health insurance rolls with no replacement will guarantee that mid-term elections will destroy the GOP majorities.

Remember that the GOPers in Congress are only concerned about one thing, and that is keeping their seats.

I do think you will see a suspension of some aspects, followed by a reform. The two biggest benefits of ACA, and the two biggest cost drivers - guaranteed issue and dependent coverage until age 26 - are loved by majorities in both parties and that isn't going away.

I think you will see cost reforms in ways that will help increase competition.

The 26 rule, while an arbitrary age, is a great feature of ACA.

Preexisting condition gets more complicated but I'm ok with those getting coverage if they pay more.

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Remember that the Republicans have voted to repeal ACA more than 62 times so far.

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That was for show. It was a safe vote for them - red meat to the base, with no consequences.

The GOP is great at being the party in opposition. Now, we will see how well they can actually govern.

Hey Houston -- Doesn't Texas law, under George Bush and Rick Perry, allow age 30?

Same as Florida?

If the ACA is repealed on day 1, the implementation date of the repeal will be pushed out 2 or 3 years, enough time for a mulligan plan to be hashed out and passed.

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I think that enforcement is unpopular with insurers, but not the subsidies. If given the choice, I think we will see stricter enforcement of the requirement to have insurance instead of the signup right before you need it routine.

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The mandate is the most hated part.

What I would do is have a provision where if you were enrolled in a qualified health plan or sharing ministry in 2015 or 2016, your condition is not considered to be preexisting. Going forward, it's not preexisting if you were enrolled at the time of diagnosis. To keep people from waiting until they're sick, you impose a 3% penalty on the claim payout for each month the policyholder was uninsured in the past 3 years.

They also need to repeal the essential coverage mandates. Those are a yuuuuuuge cost driver.

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no. age 18 then their arse is cut off. quit babying people.

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Health insurance isn't babying people, it's protecting them.

I'm a person who benefited greatly from this clause. I dropped out of college at age 21. I worked a job making less than 30K a year with no health insurance until age 24. I now have a job where I receive health insurance through work at a fraction of the cost. Under the old law, I would have either had to get on the government teet to insure myself or run the risk of getting medical bills I would never be able to afford in the case of an emergency.

It's a low cost high reward addition that is popular with a vast majority of people in this country. It has NOTHING to do with babying someone.

You've never met anyone with a pre-existing?

You've never met anyone with no insurance through their workplace?

They will be dumped in Mississippi and there is no alternative, except the Ole Miss ER in Jackson, and then negotiate payment terms with Ole Miss.

Our insurance commissioner tried to put together an exchange, outlined by Gov. Hayley Barbour, but was stopped by current Gov. Bryant.