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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew GOP Bill Will Result In Ala Carte Health Insurance. Will Have Go Pick What Is & Is Not Covered.
Based on what is in the new GOP bill families will have to decide on what is and is not covered ala carte. Will you leave out hospitalization, emergency care, drugs, transfusions, surgery et al. How much deductible will you have to choose. What illnesses will you have to leave off coverage.
And if you are a senior you can buy a burial plan. If you are disabled you might have to give up your prosthetic or rehab.
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New GOP Bill Will Result In Ala Carte Health Insurance. Will Have Go Pick What Is & Is Not Covered. (Original Post)
TheMastersNemesis
Mar 2017
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Anything that is ala carte will cost more and leave something out. How will they handle Medicaid,
still_one
Mar 2017
#1
Al la cart? Everyone wants that for cable. Never thought about it for health care.
yeoman6987
Mar 2017
#3
still_one
(92,204 posts)1. Anything that is ala carte will cost more and leave something out. How will they handle Medicaid,
and all the other issues you brought up?
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)2. "Honey, should we spend $18 more a month so we're covered for...
...acute toxoplasmacytosis? What does that even do? Okay I'm checking this. Do you think we can survive if we leave out "benign" toxoplasmacytosis? That doesn't sound nearly as bad and that's another $15..."
dalton99a
(81,513 posts)5. +1
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)3. Al la cart? Everyone wants that for cable. Never thought about it for health care.
forgotmylogin
(7,529 posts)6. Right. You're not going to potentially die from not having ESPN2.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. The stupidity and callousness is unbelievable.