Vance proposes high-risk pools for people with preexisting conditions

"When you only have sick people in one separated pool, those premium costs are going to be extremely high, unless they are subsidized, or unless the benefits are really skimpy," said Sabrina Corlette, a research professor at Georgetown's Center on Health Insurance Reforms. 

"Unless you're willing to throw a lot of taxpayer dollars to subsidize these high-risk pools, they are high-priced, crappy ghettos for people with preexisting conditions," she said. 

 Still, conservatives pushed the idea as a replacement for what they said was ObamaCare's "one size fits all" mandate that established a single risk pool for everyone…

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4882811-vance-health-insurance-high-risk-pools/