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Ladislas Lazaro IV

| Jan 22, 2017 12:34 pm

So it seems that the groups most at risk of losing coverage are the same groups of individuals that didn't have coverage before ACA. It was quite clear that the real world effect was that far, far more Americans saw negative impacts from ACA than positives. In my personal experience I saw patiet premiums sky rocket while at the same time so,did deductibles, yet covered services and drug formularies suffered. There is absolutely no doubt that for working Americans the yearly out of pocket cost of health insurance escalated drastically, while at the same time, benefits declined. Granted, ACA helped some socially disadvantaged groups, but harming 90% of a population to help 10% is far from solution. So I welcome an escape from ACA, which, in my opinion, was simply a failed federal governmental social experiment inclusive of over reaching legislation and regulatory excess that was embraced by many from a "we must do SOMETHING" perspective and yet held little sway from a perspective of logic and reason. "It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong", was the axiom of utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham which serves well here.