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Texas lawsuit throws the ACA's future into uncertainty
Axios ^ | 9/6/18 | Sam Baker

Posted on 09/06/2018 3:53:25 AM PDT by DoodleDawg

The Affordable Care Act may soon find itself in legal jeopardy yet again, if the tea leaves from a federal judge's hearing in Texas yesterday are any indication.

The big picture: Most on-the-ground accounts of the hearing say Judge Reed O'Connor seemed open to red states' latest challenge to the health care law, raising the prospect that what was once seen as a long-shot lawsuit could be a more serious threat than many experts had anticipated.

The details: O'Connor's questioning yesterday seemed to suggest that he "may seek to roll back at least some of the consumer protections at the core of the law," the L.A. Times' Noam Levey reports from Fort Worth.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: huac; obamacare; obamatax
It'll be interesting to see what happens.
1 posted on 09/06/2018 3:53:25 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Americans love the Affordable Care Act.

It’s Obamacare they hate.


2 posted on 09/06/2018 3:55:17 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Jim Noble

Very true.


3 posted on 09/06/2018 3:59:51 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

HUAC - Hussein’s Un-Affordable Care


4 posted on 09/06/2018 4:03:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: Jim Noble

And they don’t like paying for it, as you always say!


5 posted on 09/06/2018 4:20:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: DoodleDawg
The simplest approach here is to pursue a two-fold strategy to address the idiocy of the "pre-existing conditions coverage" mandate of ObamaCare:

1. Insurers should have the right to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.

2. A "pre-existing condition" would be defined as such only if the person getting the coverage was previously uninsured. If you have a chronic medical condition and you are currently insured, then your coverage would continue even if you changed jobs, changed medical plans, etc. Insurance law already has plenty of provisions that cover situations where coverage for insured events is shared between multiple carriers, and there's no reason that couldn't apply here.

6 posted on 09/06/2018 4:25:34 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Alberta's Child

It’s this simple: if you have pre-existing conditions, you get charged more.


7 posted on 09/06/2018 4:33:00 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

Yes, but you’d have to be charged so much for your coverage that you’d be better off being uninsured and paying cash for your treatment.


8 posted on 09/06/2018 4:35:10 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Not necessarily. Around here you can’t get a cash price for anyrhing, even with a specific code, without first going through a financial review by the provider, then what folks are charged for the same test/procedure will vary by income.


9 posted on 09/06/2018 4:42:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: mewzilla

That nicely illustrates in microcosm how screwed up healthcare system billing and payments have become.


10 posted on 09/06/2018 4:47:41 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: mewzilla

I don’t know where “around here” is, but I’ve come across plenty of stories in my area from people who negotiate directly with doctors and hospitals for medical procedures.


11 posted on 09/06/2018 5:05:34 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Alberta's Child

BKMK HEALTH INSURANCE


12 posted on 09/06/2018 5:09:47 AM PDT by ptsal
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I don’t know where “around here” is, but I’ve come across plenty of stories in my area from people who negotiate directly with doctors and hospitals for medical procedures.

What kind of procedures?

13 posted on 09/06/2018 5:23:07 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Alberta's Child

Yup! The ACA is simply liability insurance since the deductible is so high. Friend had 5 kids. 16K deductible before coverage kicked in.


14 posted on 09/06/2018 6:09:34 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: DoodleDawg

Seems like mostly orthopedic surgeries, from what I can tell. Those are ideal for negotiating, since they are usually not life-threatening and the patient can take his or her time doing the research.


15 posted on 09/06/2018 6:13:47 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Jim Noble

Oh, yeah, you mean it’s affordable? Yup, look right there it says “Affordable”.

Then I’m all for it!

/s


16 posted on 09/06/2018 6:26:48 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: yldstrk

I see this problem no differently than how vehicle insurance is calculated.

Be a high risk driver, proven by your driving behavior, and you will pay more for insurance.


17 posted on 09/06/2018 7:08:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: mewzilla

I just got the latest instructions on coding and billing for office visits, based on the latest Medicare “rules” (which are constantly changing).

People here would literally not believe these documents were real if I posted them and anybody read them.


18 posted on 09/06/2018 7:42:04 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Alas Babylon!
Oh, yeah, you mean it’s affordable? Yup, look right there it says “Affordable”.

Well, by definition it is, cause Ebola said I was gonna save $2,500 a year (and if he likes my insurance plan, I can keep it), so if that didn't happen, it's only cause I'm a waycissss.

19 posted on 09/10/2018 10:20:38 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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