05-04-2011, 04:10 PM
I posted a link to that article in the thread below. While I think the fundamental point is well taken and true, it is also important to point out that as far as I can tell, having read all versions of this proposal (100s of pages and hours of time I would like back), there isn't actually any detail about how they would implement this "idea". To call it a "plan" is to grossly overstate what it says.
It does seem true that the only known way to implement this "idea" would be to impose all sorts of similar components to what is in the ACA, like a requirement for seniors to buy into something. Otherwise, healthy seniors would just wait to buy in until the last possible moment (medicare already includes significant penalty provisions for not enrolling when initially eligible).
It does seem true that the only known way to implement this "idea" would be to impose all sorts of similar components to what is in the ACA, like a requirement for seniors to buy into something. Otherwise, healthy seniors would just wait to buy in until the last possible moment (medicare already includes significant penalty provisions for not enrolling when initially eligible).