Recently, the executive branch of the U.S. government ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to cease making payments to for profit health insurance company as part of a cost sharing subsidy for persons enrolled under the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Referencing the text as support, do you think that the cost subsidies were legal? Why or why not?
How do you think this will affect persons who are enrolled in plans purchased under the federal insurance exchange created through the act?
Do you think that elimination of these subsidies affected the health insurance companies’ profits? Why or why not?
If you were the person making the decision of whether or not to restore the subsidies, what would you decide and how would you support it from a business and legal basis?