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1 Nov, 6 tweets, 3 min read
⚠️ CMS just approved Georgia’s 1332 waiver...is this the one which destroys the ACA exchange in the state or is this the other one? I’m a little cross-eyed these days... cc: @wcsanders @bjdickmayhew @cynthiaccox
Never mind...it is.

Trump’s HHS Dept. just gave Georgia permission to privatize the individual market exchange portion of the ACA, meaning starting in 2023 they’ll no longer use EITHER HCgov *or* an ACA exchange but will instead be able to hawk junk plans, I believe.
Here’s a good explainer from @TaraStraw. It’s not pretty.
cbpp.org/research/healt…
The whole reason HealrhCareGov and other state exchanges were created was to give consumers a safe place to shop for ACA-compliant policies without worrying about being confused or pushed into buying junk plans. With this move, Trump has thrown enrollees into the shark pit again.
I see nothing has changed with Georgia state officials. This is from 2014:
acasignups.net/14/04/16/georg…
Anyway, this is yet another time bomb that a Biden Admin would have to defuse....assuming the entire ACA isn’t willed out before this happens anyway.
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Just received the strangest voter intimidation/harassment call I've ever gotten.

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But think about what you just said: You think it failed *in general* because it didn't work *for you and your immediate circle of co-workers*.

That doesn't mean it failed for others.
The ACA vastly improved life for tens of millions of people.

It failed to improve life for other people, apparently including yourself. Fair enough. But making a blanket "it failed" statement because you don't feel it helped YOU specifically? Think about that stance a moment.
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