Feature, Not A Bug: Conrad's Co-ops Useless
By Big Tent Democrat, Section Colorado News
Posted on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 05:21:28 PM EST
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Posted on Wed Sep 16, 2009 at 05:21:28 PM EST
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Kent Conrad loves the CBO (see Ezra's bouquets to Conrad.) So I wonder what he says about this (PDF) (via dkos diarist tax problems):
The proposed co-ops had very little effect on the estimates of total enrollment in the exchanges or federal costs because, as they are described in the specifications, they seem unlikely to establish a significant market presence in many areas of the country or to noticeably affect federal subsidy payments.
So Conrad's Co-ops do nothing. By design one suspects. See also Sen. Rockefeller's letter to Baucus and Conrad pointing out that Conrad's Co-ops are a sham.
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