Nary a day passes that we don't experience Chuck Todd or one of his media-mates lamenting the latest Obamacare "fail".
None of them interview those with pre-existing conditions who are newly covered, often after many years uninsured. Pre-ACA policies for this large group were typically never even issued, or if so then only with exorbitant premiums.
I am optimistic that the ACA will survive the current Republican-driven feces-storm.
I would have preferred a single-payer system, and believe am preaching to the Kossack choir about this topic. The current ACA is such a complicated compromise.
A public option was originally considered but unfortunately never implemented.
Should (shudder) the ACA eventually be so weakened by future political misdeeds that many of the newly-insured would lose coverage, what would be the fate of these newly-insured enrollees with pre-existing conditions? I don't have any data about this, but believe they could number in the millions of enrollees.
The political pressure from the left and center could result in a public option solution for this group, in lieu of abandoning them.
Am curious whether the extreme right has worked through their hatred of the ACA to realize that demand for a public option would only be strengthened by further opposition to and weakening of the ACA.
I've no doubt overlooked some important facets of this issue and would appreciate your thoughts.