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GOP senators introduce bill to preserve ObamaCare's pre-existing conditions protections
The Hill ^ | 8/24/18 | Jesse Hellmann

Posted on 08/25/2018 4:16:11 AM PDT by DoodleDawg

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To: bray
Of course there needs to be a way to exclude uninsurables and put them in a high risk pool.

There are no high risk pools. And no plans to establish any.

41 posted on 08/25/2018 7:14:47 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: mewzilla
Make medical care so much less expensive through increased competition and smart deregulation that only catastrophic insurance is needed by most.

How would you do that?

42 posted on 08/25/2018 7:17:25 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: semimojo

Society has already decided to let people die if they cannot afford care. You are using a liberal canard. Even with taxpayer provided health care for everyone people are going to die because they cannot afford health care.

A rich person can pay for cancer treatments that even the merely affluent cannot afford.


43 posted on 08/25/2018 7:17:36 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: DoodleDawg

why would there be if you have a big gummit solution?


44 posted on 08/25/2018 7:21:06 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: DoodleDawg

No matter your small increase, I bet your health insurance plan is costing you a lot of money.


45 posted on 08/25/2018 7:22:32 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: FreedomNotSafety
Society has already decided to let people die if they cannot afford care.

Not saying it doesn’t happen and there’s certainly a wide range in the quality of treatment given the means of the patient.

My point is that no politician will campaign on this as acceptable, let alone desirable.

46 posted on 08/25/2018 8:16:16 AM PDT by semimojo
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To: FreedomNotSafety
No matter your small increase, I bet your health insurance plan is costing you a lot of money.

It's costing my employer a lot of money, as they are quick to remind us. My monthly premium is very reasonable.

47 posted on 08/25/2018 8:59:12 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: bray
why would there be if you have a big gummit solution?

High risk pools are a big government solution. Who else would establish them?

48 posted on 08/25/2018 9:01:49 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
I didn't stumble to any conclusion. I happen to know who that Freeper is from prior conversations on this subject.

It's the same Freeper who regularly complains that Trump hasn't done enough to "fix America's trade deficit with China" ... while that same Freeper lives in Vietnam -- a country that relies on China for something like 70% of its GDP.

I know a thing or two about the insurance business. The "two most popular features of ObamaCare" that you cite are precisely why medical coverage is so expensive. Your personal coverage may not cost you much out of pocket, but your employer sure is paying a hell of a lot for it.

You should be honest here and tell us what kind of employer you have. I suspect you work for a government agency, which would explain why you don't think health coverage costs are rising dramatically.

49 posted on 08/25/2018 9:10:04 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

I think that approach lost its impact once medical tourism began hitting the news as a great way to save a ton of money on health care expenses.


50 posted on 08/25/2018 9:11:20 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Jane Long

Murkowski, Alexander, Collins et al


51 posted on 08/25/2018 9:33:56 AM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: DoodleDawg; Alberta's Child
As I have often said, while it's true the American People hate Obamacare, it's really for only two of its features: The name, and having to pay for it.

They love the rest.

52 posted on 08/25/2018 9:50:18 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Jim Noble

Right. You’ve had that pegged for a long time.


53 posted on 08/25/2018 10:12:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: DoodleDawg
Forcing the coverage of pre-existing conditions makes means it isn't insurance. Instead, it's welfare.

Republicans are such cowards. The innate socialist in elected officials must be a very strong force.

54 posted on 08/25/2018 10:15:35 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: DoodleDawg

“It’s costing my employer a lot of money, as they are quick to remind us. My monthly premium is very reasonable.”

You have to earn every cent your employer pays to you or for you including healthcare insurance premiums. I suppose you believe Social Security only taxes you 6.2% and not 12.4% because your employer pays half.

There are no unearned free benefits provided by employers. You pay every cent of those benefits.

The math is easy. Your employer knows how much it cost to employ you and those are all costs not just your gross pay seen on your stub. You will only be employed if you are capable of generating a profit that exceeds your employment costs.


55 posted on 08/25/2018 11:12:57 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Alberta's Child
You should be honest here and tell us what kind of employer you have. I suspect you work for a government agency, which would explain why you don't think health coverage costs are rising dramatically.

Nope. Work in the finance industry.

56 posted on 08/25/2018 3:07:03 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/404089-gop-eyes-another-shot-at-obamacare-repeal-after-mccains-death


57 posted on 08/29/2018 10:55:13 AM PDT by SMGFan ( .)
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To: SMGFan

One of the few popular features of Obamacare is the pre-existing condition coverage. The Democrats are already using the repeal Obamacare lawsuit to beat up Republicans about wanting to take that away. Passing a repeal that does that as well would be hard to get through the Senate, and impossible to get through the House if the Democrats take control of that.


58 posted on 08/29/2018 11:17:30 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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