The answer to Obamacare ain’t blowin’ in the wind

Published October 11, 2017 4:01am ET



“There must be some kind of way outta here” said the joker to the thief in Bob Dylan’s song, adding, “There’s too much confusion / I can’t get no relief.” Dylan could hardly have chosen better words if he’d been writing about Obamacare and Republican efforts to repeal the confusing web of regulations, taxes, and mandates.

The Trump administration, thankfully, is poised to grant some relief through executive action later this week. The president’s action should give health insurance customers at least a few ways outta the Obamacare confusion by allowing them sometimes to buy insurance across state lines, by expanding health savings accounts, and by quadrupling the upper limit on short-term health insurance plans from three months to nearly a year.

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