I have had Blue Cross for years , and I was happy with it .
The Affordable health care act has driven up its cost and driven down its payout.
Health Care insurance is not a government invention, Blue Cross is the original article .
The government taking it over is not necessarily going to be any improvement at all, the failure can be total.
But right now it is only a partial failure , there are about 5% more people covered than were before.
But the unemployed are not affected , and the employed are paying more for their insurance than 5% more.
I understand that the idea was to take control and refine later, but this is a wrong notion too. The smashing style of taking over has broken what has evolved over 70 years or so into a system that had 80% satisfied customers, and put in control a loose committee of hundreds of inexpert legislators , more motivated for preserving incumbency than service to customers. The later refinement will have the same problems of poor focus and improper motive that the original act has had.
Last I heard the public is nearly evenly divided , but the side unhappy with the AHCA is growing .
The adjustment that the AHCA needs is such severe pruning that perhaps repeal and starting over would be less wasted effort?