The central feature of Obamacare ”“ getting the uninsured to sign up for health insurance ”“ is due to start on Oct. 1, less than four months away. But both the federal and state governments are behind in their preparations.
That’s the conclusion of two reports issued Wednesday by the congressional Government Accountability Office (GAO) looking at the status of government efforts to set up online “exchanges,” or marketplaces, for both individuals and small businesses.
“Much progress has been made, but much remains to be accomplished within a relatively short amount of time,” said the GAO report on the establishment of “federally facilitated” health-insurance exchanges for individuals. Those are the exchanges being set up for the 34 states that opted not to set them up themselves.
Look at this quote from the source document: “And so a crucial aspect of implementation is getting enough young, healthy people to enroll to offset the cost of insuring older, less-healthy enrollees.”
And, just why does anyone actually think that “young, healthy people” will do this, to subsidize others?
[blockquote] And, just why does anyone actually think that “young, healthy people†will do this, to subsidize others? [/blockquote]
Just a guess, but I’d say because it’s required by law with nasty fines for failing to comply.
Right, bottom line is it will only work (if it does) because of government coercion.