Republicans go to battle over pre-existing conditions

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Republicans are talking about including some of the same controversial waivers from a House bill repealing ObamaCare that critics say could hurt people with pre-existing conditions.

Sen. John Thune (S.D.) said he thinks a Senate bill will allow states to waive some requirements for insurers.

“I think there will be some authorities for states because, like the House, we want to give the states as much flexibility as possible,” said Thune, the No. 3 Republican in Senate leadership.

A highly anticipated Congressional Budget Office report released Wednesday found the state waivers in the House bill could lead to skyrocketing premium costs for people with pre-existing conditions.

In states that waived certain coverage regulations for insurers, people could pay more than $1,000 per month for maternity coverage, the CBO found.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/335218-republicans-go-to-battle-over-pre-existing-conditions

[Warpy]

1. "If you can't afford to get sick, don't"

Those sick bastards seem to think illness is a consumer decision, "I need a vacation, think I'll come down with cancer." They hate the thought of public health insurance because they're convinced we'll choose to get sick more often just to cost them money.

They just don't get it. They'll never get it.

[spanone]

2. this country is lost. the populace was lied into voting for this asshole, and now

we're all going to pay the price.

[xor]

5. Except a lot of the people who voted for him voted for him knowing this

In fact they demanded. As much as Trump and his republican followers are assholes, aren't they really just a symptom of the gullibility and lack of critical thinking skills among a good portion of the population? It really baffles my mind that people who are going to be harmed by those lack the ability to understand what they are cheering on and hoping for. Until it directly affects them, they seem to be unable to think beyond what they are told to think.

yeah yeah yeah. This can be a problem on the left too, but the problem is on the right these actually cause real harm to people.

[Stellar]

3. Alan Grayson said the Republicans plan was to die quickly.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. And they may get upset

whenever somebody accuses them of that but they have done NOTHING to disprove that that is how they REALLY feel.