The government funding deal, expected to pass both houses of Congress and be signed by President Donald Trump this week, blows up any remaining facade that Obamacare was fiscally responsible.
The budget deal repeals Obamacare's key revenue raisers, leaving mostly its big-spending provisions.
Overall, individual market enrollment is up only by about 3 million individuals since before Obamacare, even though the federal government is spending nearly $50 billion on premium subsidies-or nearly $17,000 per new enrollee.
Obamacare reduced federal funding to hospitals for uncompensated care.
Like the incentives that have led to large numbers of improper enrollees in the Medicaid expansion, Obamacare includes similarly bad incentives for improper enrollment in the heavily subsidized insurance exchanges.
In sum, Democrats likely couldn't have enacted Obamacare if they were upfront about the fact that it would explode federal deficits.
Republicans should have tried to get policy reforms in exchange for relieving Democrats of the political pain of their Obamacare tax hikes.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/17/spending-deal-would-make-obamacare-more-fiscally-irresponsible/
The budget deal repeals Obamacare's key revenue raisers, leaving mostly its big-spending provisions.
Overall, individual market enrollment is up only by about 3 million individuals since before Obamacare, even though the federal government is spending nearly $50 billion on premium subsidies-or nearly $17,000 per new enrollee.
Obamacare reduced federal funding to hospitals for uncompensated care.
Like the incentives that have led to large numbers of improper enrollees in the Medicaid expansion, Obamacare includes similarly bad incentives for improper enrollment in the heavily subsidized insurance exchanges.
In sum, Democrats likely couldn't have enacted Obamacare if they were upfront about the fact that it would explode federal deficits.
Republicans should have tried to get policy reforms in exchange for relieving Democrats of the political pain of their Obamacare tax hikes.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/17/spending-deal-would-make-obamacare-more-fiscally-irresponsible/
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