Recently, adviser Mark Gaunya highlighted the bipartisan work in Washington to adopt necessary changes (even improvements) to the Affordable Care Act over the last few months. In fact, since the bill passed in 2010, there have been several changes to the legislation that have all been focused on fixing the edges, without anyone paying a political price for accepting what is already true: Obamacare is here to stay.
Pay close attention to the rhetoric over the last five years and you’ll note that there has been no call for repeal from the two sectors most impacted by healthcare reform: health insurance carriers and providers. While United’s CEO said that he wasn’t sure that they would remain in the Marketplace, you didn’t hear from them or any others that the law should go away or its market reforms should be trimmed back.
