I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 99% of people will think this is a good idea and have no clue what will happen and how it will work.
Send JoeBob or Letitia $2000 and one of two things will happen
1- They'll spend it on a new gun or ATV or a club membership to Som Tin Pretty nail salon. Some may actually spend it on essentials
2- They'll soon realize that without group pools, they're going to give that money to the very same companies Trump says are the problem, only without the advantage of pools, they'll be negotiating junk insurance on their own, and the $2K wont last 3 months worth of premiums.
Oh and pre-existing conditions? Blood Pressure, asthma, depression, diabetes? Sorry, Insurance can deny that. That's a big part of why ACA was enacted.
We already ARE buying our own healthcare. But the ACA allows us to be part of “pools” that help keep costs down. If everyone negotiated their own policy it would be like handing a toddler a credit card and telling him to haggle with a car salesman—adorable in theory, catastrophic in practice
But hospitals charging $250 for two tylenol or $11,000 for a CT scan isnt the problem? (glad to show you the bill)