Texas Senator Ted Cruz thinks he can break the Obamacare repeal logjam in the Senate. That would leave all the sicker consumers clustered in the Obamacare plans, which would send premiums skyrocketing. Separating the sick and the healthy is "not the best path forward," said Ceci Connolly, CEO of Alliance of Community Health Plans, a lobbying group for non-profit, community-based insurers. The senator also told Vox that it's better for the government to pick up the tab, rather than force healthy people to pay higher premiums. Middle class and higher-income consumers who want Obamacare plans would have to shoulder the higher premiums without any government help, he said.

Source: CNN July 06, 2017 09:56 UTC