Sherrod Brown lists the pre-existing conditions that will be lost under Trumpcare

[DonViejo]

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017 04:15 PM EDT

As the Ohio senator notes, real people will suffer if this bill becomes law

MATTHEW ROZSA

Earlier this week, late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional monologue, describing how his newborn son had nearly died because of a heart ailment and declaring that before Obamacare “if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you wouldn’t be able to get health insurance because you had a pre-existing condition.” Added Kimmel: “If your baby is going to die, and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make. I think that’s something that, whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right?”

While it’s easy to analyze Republicans’ ongoing effort to repeal Obamacare from a strictly analytical perspective, it is necessary at times to realize that there is a human toll to their plan for letting insurance companies charge higher premiums based on pre-existing conditions. Emotion as well as reason is vital when making that case, a fact that Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio clearly recognized when he began tweeting on Thursday.

He didn’t tell a personal story. He just listed the conditions that could cause someone to have skyrocketing health insurance costs under the proposed Republican system. And it was a very, very, very long list.

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[Achilleaze]

1. OMG. How hateful and unfair

freaking republicans have obviously been seduced by Satan, Inc. (R)

deplorable

[Coventina]

2. How in the heck is a hysterectomy a pre-existing condition?

Wouldn't it REDUCE your chances of cancer?

[SharonAnn]

14. You might have complications, adhesions, need hormone treatment, etc.

[Coventina]

18. Thanks. So, once again, just basically being a woman is a "pre-existing" condition.

Bastards!

[Cha]

3. An excellent way to let people know if

they're going to get FUBAR

[Silver Swan]

4. Basically

If you have ever sought medical care, even if it was concluded that no treatment was needed, you have a "pre-existing condition."

[mopinko]

5. acid reflux? acne?

i mean, really. can we cut it down to life threatening illnesses?

i can only hope that the sheer stupid of this leads us to single payer.

[panader0]

6. And that's just up to H

There's a lot more of the alphabet left.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick.

[Metro135]

8. He forgot . . .

breathing, eating, and sleeping.

[niyad]

9. being female

[IronLionZion]

10. If you're alive

you probably have some pre-existing condition. You might not even know you have it.

A quick google search of what real human beings have already been denied coverage for before the ACA will disgust you.

[perdita9]

11. Why isn't Erectile Dysfunction listed?

Impotence is a sign of God's will! No more Viagra coverage for privileged white men.

[B Stieg]

12. Thought I'd end up with the usual three

(For me, MS, diabetes and Bipolar Depression), but I can be denied for an additional four (at least) from Brown's list.

"This joke isn't funny, anymore."

[Lyricalinklines]

13. What criteria did they use to be named a prior-existing disease?

The medical community (doctors, hospitals, etc) aren't backing the house voted plan. What criteria did they use?

[volstork]

16. Anything the insurance companies don't want to cover.

In other words, anything that will cost them more money.

The way I see it, buying insurance is placing a bet; you bet you will get sick, the insurance companies bet you will stay well. If you get sick you have won the bet; however, the way the system is rigged now, even if you "win," you lose, because they renege on their side of the deal. I have dealt with insurance companies from both sides of the bedrail, and they are shysters out for their bottom line ONLY.

Tying the moral imperative of universal provision of healthcare to profit and greed is a fools errand. The rest of the world has largely figured this out. We have not, nor are we likely to get much traction with the clowns in charge.

[Stuart G]

15. k and r...nt

[VigilantG]

17. This needs to be listed on front page of every newspaper and website every day until the deplorables

Can get it through their heads.

What will it take ?!!!?

[dchill]

19. K&R.

[llmart]

20. Ooooohhhh boy!!!!

I know quite a few male fat f*****s pictured at Trump rallies who aren't going to like that diabetes is one of them.

They're a walking advertisement of pre-existing conditions!!!

Why does the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for" come to mind?

[PA Democrat]

21. I wonder how many of the pigs that voted for this bill have one or more on that list.

I'd place the odds pretty high that almost ALL of them have one or more.

[NastyRiffraff]

22. But they're okay

They exempted themselves. They KNOW how bad this POS is and passed it anyway. And then celebrated.

[sheshe2]

23. They are such special little snowflakes.