unexpected consequences of tweaking the HC/HI policy beast

Not good news perhaps, but very cool analysis...

The complexities alone point to one part of why the ACA and the AHCA are fools' errands-- aside from trying to remedy govt's creation of the pre-existing problem.

Once you distort markets-- as the govt does in so many ways, from small to enormous-- good luck with your efforts to tweak the govt policy beast and the distorted market outcomes that necessarily follow.