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Senate defeats measure to overturn Trump expansion of non-ObamaCare plans
The Hill ^ | 10/10/18 | PETER SULLIVAN

Posted on 10/10/2018 10:21:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

The Senate on Wednesday defeated a Democratic measure to overrule President Trump’s expansion of non-ObamaCare insurance plans as Democrats seek to highlight health care ahead of the midterm elections.

The Democratic measure would have overruled Trump’s expansion of short-term health insurance plans, which do not have to cover people with pre-existing conditions or cover a range of health services like mental health or prescription drugs.

It was defeated on an extremely narrow, mostly party line 50-50 vote, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voting with Democrats in favor of overturning the short-term plans. Republicans argue the short-term plans simply provide a cheaper option alongside more comprehensive ObamaCare plans.

Democrats forced the vote ahead of the midterms in an attempt to put health care front and center in the campaign. Democrats said Republicans voting to keep in place these “junk” insurance plans that do not have to cover pre-existing conditions was another example they can use to paint the GOP as wrong on health care.

“In a few short weeks the American people will head to the polls where they can vote for another two years of Republican attempts to gut our health-care system, or they can vote for Democratic candidates who will safeguard the protections now in place and work to make health care more affordable,” Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Senate Health Committee, forcefully pushed back, saying short-term plans provide a cheaper option than ObamaCare and if people want full ObamaCare plans with all the protections, they can still have them.

With short-term plans, Alexander said the message is “you can pay less with less coverage and at least you will have some insurance.”

“But our Democratic friends will say, ‘Oh no, we don't want to do anything that will lower the cost of insurance,’” Alexander added.

Health-care experts say the short-term plans pose a risk of siphoning healthy people away from ObamaCare plans, leading to an increase in premiums for those remaining in the ObamaCare plans.

“The rule threatens to split and weaken the individual insurance market, which has provided millions of previously uninsured people with access to quality coverage since the health care law went into effect,” a range of patient groups, including the American Cancer Society and American Heart Association, said in a joint statement this week opposing the Trump administration's short-term plans rule.

The rules that Democrats seek to overturn, which the Trump administration finalized in August, lifted a three-month restriction on short-term plans, allowing them to last up to a year. Critics say this makes the plans not really “short-term” at all.

“Our constituents deserve more options, not fewer,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday. “The last thing we should do is destroy one of the options that’s still actually working for American families.”


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1 posted on 10/10/2018 10:21:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Bump!


2 posted on 10/10/2018 10:26:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Last I heard in the “Trump Hating Media” was that recent Trump changes, via EO are the reason that insurance premiums are expected to GO DOWN next year.

Go ahead, Dems. Run on Health Care and the red herring “pre-existing conditions” BS.


3 posted on 10/10/2018 10:26:25 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: yesthatjallen
article: "Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voting with Democrats in favor of overturning the short-term plans."

Well there's you are! Thanks Suzy for your Kavanaugh vote. But I see now it's back to business as usual. Shame, shame, shame!
 

4 posted on 10/10/2018 10:29:34 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Obama:”If you like your insurance and doctor you can keep them, ACA Grandfather clause protects them...”

Sure, you could keep them if you pay for all your expenses out of pocket..and pay the fine..


5 posted on 10/10/2018 10:31:08 AM PDT by sickoflibs ('Equal protection' only applies to illegals not you!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Non-Obamacare plans really stick it to the disappearing Obamacare legacy.


6 posted on 10/10/2018 10:32:00 AM PDT by sickoflibs ('Equal protection' only applies to illegals not you!)
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The Democrat Thug Party can go to Hell.

The Democrat thugs have practically #’d the Country beyond repair.


7 posted on 10/10/2018 10:35:03 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

One oh sh, er, oh shoot wipes out 10 attagirls. And her attagirls are in short supply.


8 posted on 10/10/2018 10:35:43 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: yesthatjallen

so once again the pro-choice party voted against giving people a choice...sounds about right...


9 posted on 10/10/2018 10:37:12 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: yesthatjallen

-—“Our constituents deserve more options, not fewer,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday.-—

Eyes likes your thinkin’, Senator!

Don’t want to count our chickens, but it does seem like we’re finally gaining some positive momentum on a number of fronts.

Get out there and vote. And engage!


10 posted on 10/10/2018 10:37:42 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Tenacious 1

Since I have no pre-existing conditions does that mean I get a lower rate?


11 posted on 10/10/2018 10:38:00 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: God luvs America

Ha! Good catch.


12 posted on 10/10/2018 10:39:44 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: yesthatjallen

So, Senator Collins is already back to her old leftist tricks

so soon, too

how very very sad for Maine (and the rest of the country)

she definitely needs to be replaced ASAP


13 posted on 10/10/2018 10:40:23 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Jim Robinson

Next!!! Who says the Senate is useless?


14 posted on 10/10/2018 10:43:14 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: yesthatjallen

Winning! Crush the seditionist DIMs and traitorous LIBs...crush them to dust.


15 posted on 10/10/2018 10:44:26 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Here you see the worst of the democrats and rinos in action. These plans are lower cost options for people who don’t need certain coverages. There is no reason on God’s Earth to deny people The Choice of buying those plans.


16 posted on 10/10/2018 10:44:43 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Jimmy The Snake

Yes.


17 posted on 10/10/2018 10:44:46 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: yesthatjallen
“In a few short weeks the American people will head to the polls where they can vote for another two years of Republican attempts to gut our health-care system, or they can vote for Democratic candidates who will safeguard the protections now in place and work to make health care more affordable,” Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Obamacare caused my son's health insurance premiums to increase four-fold. That is not "more affordable" in my book. Previously, his health-care plan covered him but excluded his pre-existing condition. Now, it nominally covers everything--but the deductible is so high that we are still paying for the pre-existing condition treatment. In fact, it has covered nothing, but at four times the price. And he cannot go for a cheaper option, because they tell him that they won't cover him at all because of the pre-existing condition. What happened to just being able to buy insurance that covers emergencies, minus coverage of pre-existing conditions? That is an option that no longer exists because of Obamacare... the insurance that was supposed to make insurance more affordable but didn't.

I wish Schumer would remember that he is supposed to represent the people, not himself and his rich cronies.

18 posted on 10/10/2018 10:44:56 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Jimmy The Snake

Of course you get a lower rate and why would you buy pre existing condition coverage when you don’t have a pre existing condition?


19 posted on 10/10/2018 10:45:41 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: exDemMom

Exactly what is the point of making every person cover their check ups or the most minor illnesses or injuries that might cost a few 100 bucks at most to treat?


20 posted on 10/10/2018 10:47:27 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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