Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal

[manchu]

Source: msn.com/vox

Republican legislators want to keep popular Obamacare provisions for themselves and their staff.

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 Obamacare’s ban on pre-existing conditions. This means that insurers could once again, under certain circumstances, charge sick people higher premiums than healthy people.

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 this Obamacare regulations.


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The stuff that these guys pull under the cover of darkness smh. Utterly insane.

[Solly Mack]

1. Corrupt POS.

[pbmus]

2. Kkk----kleptocratic kakistrophic klusterf...

[cstanleytech]

3. The Democrats in Congress need to oppose this completely and hold the Repugnants feet to the fire

and make them suffer just as much as they are trying to make everyone else suffer if they try to push this shit through.

[C Moon]

4. If THIS doesn't wake our country up, nothing will!

[SergeStorms]

11. The loyal Trumptards.....

will hail this as a YUGE win for their messiah, and roar with approval at the future of Republican healthcare.

Until they get their first bill for their healthcare premiums, and find out they have to sell their collection of MAGA trucker caps just to keep their insurance. Then they'll find out that their prized collection of MAGA trucker caps is worth absolutely nothing. Then, and ONLY then, will they realize the orange shit-gibbon has played them for the fools they are.

[burrowowl]

5. Jesus H Christ

What lowlifes!

[safeinOhio]

6. repubs want a license to steal

as a benefit.

[Sophiegirl]

7. Of course they did

Would you expect anything other than protecting their own, but screw everyone else?

[trusty elf]

8. ....

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[HuskyOffset]

9. It appears they don't believe

the bullshit they spew about freedumbs and health care savings accounts etc. that they expect us to believe. Nothing says it clearer than this. If what they were proposing was so Christ-blessed awesome, they'd make sure they had it too. No town hall should go by without Rs getting asked why the American people don't deserve they same health care members of Congress get. Just utterly shameless, selfishness, I-got-mine-fuck-you. Makes me so mad.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Can't see how this exception would work

Somehow I doubt insurers in states that "opt out" of the ACA are going to craft unique individual policies for a few staffers. Even if they do, I can't see how the premiums would remain very affordable for staffers even assuming subsidies stay around.

[duncang]

12. The one they have is the same one of the other federal employees

Right now that plan has about 8 million people in it. It does have different options on coverage. Pretty much like a company may offer different plans.

[DeminPennswoods]

20. Civil servants are in FEHB

Congress legislated itself and its staffers into the ACA. They aren't in FEHB.

[RainCaster]

18. The insurance companies will certainly pay for the GOP

They have bent the Repugs over the barrel so hard, of course they'll pay for that shit.

[ProfessorPlum]

13. Watta surprise

[Bengus81]

14. Well..all animals are equal but some animals are more equal........n/t

[riversedge]

15. START CALLING YOUR REPS AND SENTORS NOW. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

[not fooled]

16. Their dimwitted adherents

should be up in arms. But, prolly faux and flush don't mention this little detail. That's how they can get away with it.

Truth and facts = enemy of puke "policy"

[Grins]

17. And if this becomes law and they don't get re-elected...

Unless it goes into perpetuity, if they fail to get re-elected they become part of the great unwashed with no protection. They have to be really stupid to vote for this. Oh, wait!!

[Dave Starsky]

21. These rat bastards are set for life.

They don't care.

[47of74]

19. People who voted for these GOP Fucksticks are nothing to me.

They're not family. They're not friends. I do not want to know them or what they do. I don't want them hanging around me or my property. When they visit family I want to know in advance so I won't be there.