Mike Leavitt is right. Letting the ACA just collapse would harm millions of Americans.
FILE - In this April 23, 2007 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington. Don’t make things worse. That’s the advice of former U.S. health secretaries of both parties to President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress, now that “Obamacare” seems here for the foreseeable future. The 2018 sign-up season for subsidized private health plans starts Nov. 1, with about 10 million people currently being served through HealthCare.gov and its state counterparts.
