Posted on 05/08/2017 11:50:59 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
People with epilepsy, cancer, depression, diabetes, sexual assault survivors, disabled veterans and mothers and fathers with sick children are among those who've taken to social media using the hashtag #IAmAPreexistingCondition to voice their concerns about the Republican health care bill.
More than 150,000 posts with the tag have flooded Twitter over the last day. They're responding to a vote in the House for a Republican health care bill that could put medical benefits out of reach for millions of Americans and, in particular, jeopardize future coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
To health insurance companies, pre-existing conditions include a wide array of different medical issues, ranging from the life-threatening to the seemingly trivial. It can be a disease someone was born with, such as a congenital heart condition or cystic fibrosis. It can also include conditions and injuries that were diagnosed later in life but before they signed on for a new health plan, such as cancer, asthma, epilepsy, mental and physical disabilities, or even acne. Pregnancy and c-sections could also be considered pre-existing condition under the new legislation, some experts say.
Specifically, the MacArthur amendment to the bill would allow states to get a waiver to bypass the Obamacare ban on charging higher premiums for people with pre-existing conditions. The bill would let states set up "high-risk pools" to help patients instead, but critics fear it would not go far enough.
One man tweeted, "I'm a disabled veteran that suffers from PTSD #IAmAPreexistingCondition along with thousands of other veterans who suffer."
Another man simply listed his medical conditions and directed his words to his congressman: "Genetic Disease, 2 Liver transplants, Hepatic Artery aneurysm, Severe depression, Diabetes @repdavetrott Doesn't care." He included a photo of himself in a hospital bed attached to tubes and monitors.
A 27-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes posted a photo of the medical supplies she needs to manage her condition with the message: "What I use to manage diabetes so I don't have expensive complications later. None of it affordable out of pocket. #iamapreexistingcondition."
Even celebrities piped up. Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, "My name is Alyssa Milano. I have anxiety disorder, 2 pregnancies, 2 c-sections and cystic acne. #IAmAPreexistingCondition."
Many tweets came from survivors of sexual assault worried that the trauma they suffered might leave them uninsurable.
One said, "I am an abuse survivor who was raped and now lives with chronic pain and depression and #iamapreexistingcondition."
Another woman tweeted: "Woman. Anxiety. Depression. Sexually assaulted. I'm sure there's more... #IAmAPreexistingCondition."
The bill, which passed by a narrow margin, now moves to the Senate, where leaders say it's likely to face numerous changes. However, the Trump administration vows the "main pillars" of the bill will remain in place.
Actual tweets and other figures in original.
Just another reason to . . .
BOYCOTT HOLLYWOOD!
No way this gets taken out of whatever comes out of congress. We will never be rid of obamacare.
You KNEW this was going to happen, as did the GOP, thus the “replace’ aspect of CommieCare
The “media” will find the worst examples and highlight them one after the other to cover up their boy’s boondoggle.
Predictable like clockwork. It’s been happening since the welfare state programs from the “Great Society” onward
It sounds like most liberal preexisting problems are of mental illness nature./s
I just dropped in, to see what condition my preexisting condition was in.
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SHUT UP so I can like you instead of talking and making me hate you.
Go ### yourself Alyssa.
Tony was always classier anyway. And ore conservative.
And he was right. It’s a shame the boy from that show ended up gay.
I am a Liberal. #IAmAPreexistingCondition
Has anyone tweeted that yet?
The Republicans SUCK at messaging. As soon as this hit, Democrats were ready with their lies which they repeat over and over and over. ENOUGH.
Plenty of people in Britian who use the NHS who have pre-existing conditions, they aren't given any mercy. Tom Condlin comes to mind.
What happened to Tom Condlin?
Fact Check: It’s a Lie That the GOP Healthcare Bill Abandons People With Pre-Existing Conditions
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/05/05/the-left-cant-stop-lying-about-republicans-healthcare-bill-n2322786
4 layers of protection and extra funds for pre-existing conditions.
One has to back up and take a broader view than politics to see a solution.
Tying health policies to employment was something that worked practically. If you still could work, or were in the family of someone who still could work, then the risk was quantifiable. Plans would have little risk of running bankrupt.
Something completely voluntary and not tied to employment is like trying to square the circle. The system evolved from possible to impossible.
That said, it used to be that churches had a wide gospel outreach through helping the indigent with their illnesses. Could that come back? I don’t know why not if We The People are willing to look to that paradigm. And there are private plans such as paying a doctor’s office a fixed monthly stipend in order to treat anything that can be treated in a doctor’s office. We need to think outside of our current boxes.
At least they are trying, but through a different method.
The left’s lies on this are infuriating.
They just spread it as thin as they can.
But again people of good enough means can purchase what they want.
Agreed, I don’t understand why they’re not communicating to the public about the left’s LIES on this.
The lies aren’t even remaining consistent. How do you box with a will-o-the-wisp?
Twitter: A social media platform created by Liberals in the early 21st. Century so that they might induce butt-puckering fear in CEO’s and Members of Congress that gigantic, non-existing angry mobs were hot on their tail.
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