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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew GOP bill lets states waive protections for those w/pre-existing conditions- but EXEMPTS CONGRESS
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House GOP exempt themselves from their latest health care proposal
House Republicans appear to have included a provision that exempts Members of Congress and their staff from their latest health care plan.
The new Republican amendment, introduced Tuesday night, would allow states to waive out of Obamacares ban on pre-existing conditions. This means that insurers could once again, under certain circumstances, charge sick people higher premiums than healthy people.
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Republican legislators liked this policy well enough to offer it in a new amendment. They do not, however, seem to like it enough to have it apply to themselves and their staff. A spokesperson for Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) who authored this amendment confirmed this was the case: members of Congress and their staff would get the guarantee of keeping these Obamacare regulations.
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Adam Schiff? @RepAdamSchiff 27m27 minutes ago
It'll make you sick. GOP's new bill let's states waive protections for those with pre-existing conditions - but exempts Members of Congress!
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New GOP bill lets states waive protections for those w/pre-existing conditions- but EXEMPTS CONGRESS (Original Post)
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Apr 2017
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(70,218 posts)1. So Red State people will suffer/die !! Please call your Senators and Reps