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More "health care" bill travesties
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GoldenRod
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More "health care" bill travesties
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/graham-cassidy-new-draft_us_59c86943e4b06ddf45f8c269?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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As originally written, the legislation would have left an additional 21 million people without insurance by 2026, with even more losing coverage after that, according to an estimate from the University of Southern California-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy.
But with Republicans clearly struggling to find 50 votes in favor of that bill, they’ve made some important revisions. And while it’s difficult to be sure exactly what all the changes mean ? analysts were still scrambling to read and digest the bill on Sunday evening ? two sets of amendments stand out as important.
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First, there are those changes to the rules for pre-existing conditions. Under the newly revised bill, states would have an even easier time junking rules that prohibit insurers from charging higher premiums to people with cancer, diabetes, or other medical conditions. They could also waive existing rules limiting out-of-pocket expenses, or setting minimum levels of coverage.
To do this, state officials wouldn’t even have to apply for a formal waiver. All they would have to do is file a plan explaining their proposal, and why officials believe it would provide “adequate and affordable” coverage for people with prior medical problems.
That’s not much protection, experts warned.
“States don’t have to submit waivers, they just have to describe the rules they set, if any,” Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, told HuffPost. “It goes well beyond the previous bill by making clear that the federal out-of-pocket maximum and actuarial value requirements can be changed. That opens the door to very bare-bones insurance.”
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So, now the latest last-second Hail Mary attempt to destroy American Healthcare essentially eliminates any pre-existing condition protections we've had with the ACA.
States would be able to charge anything they wanted for anyone with diabetes, cancer, or any other condition they determine as "pre-existing"
These amendments make the Cassidy-Graham bill even worse for citizens than it was before.
The GOP doesn't give a crap about us, they only care about removing the ACA. Well, technically, they only care about removing "Obamacare". They're probably privately OK with the ACA...
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Posted 9/25/17 7:45 AM  |
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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
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Re: More "health care" bill travesties
The bill is officially dead... for now. I'm sure it won't be long before they try to steal healthcare from tens of millions of Americans yet again...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/graham-cassidy-failure_us_59ca9a35e4b07e9ca11f3d1b?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Republican leaders have decided not to vote on Obamacare repeal legislation this week, effectively ending the party’s latest effort to wipe away the 2010 health care law.
When, and whether, they will try again remains to be seen.
The decision came during the GOP’s weekly caucus meeting on Capitol Hill, as it became apparent that the latest proposal, from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), lacked the votes to pass.
Senator Ron Johnson, a co-sponsor of the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill, confirms it's dead. "We basically ran out of time."
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