House GOPer: Move To Another State If You Have A Pre-Existing Condition

[bathroommonkey76]

Source: Talking Points Memo

President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are asserting that their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act will protect people with pre-existing conditions—despite fact that the current bill allows states to waive the protections, giving insurers a green light to jack up the rates of those with a chronic illness or disability.

Other rank-and-file lawmakers have been more blunt.

“People can go to the state that they want to live in,” Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) told reporters Tuesday morning when asked if people with pre-existing conditions could be charged much more under the American Health Care Act.

“States have all kinds of different policies and there are disparities among states for many things: driving restrictions, alcohol, whatever,” he continued. “We’re putting choices back in the hands of the states. That’s what Jeffersonian democracy provides for.”

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-goper-move-to-another-state-if-you-have-a-pre-existing-condition

[Skittles]

1. more of their family values

have a heart condition but want to stay near your family? TOO FUCKING BAD.

[barbtries]

2. what a fuckwad.

i am living here in NC and trust me he does not represent me. the work is going on to change the balance of power in this state, if not this year then next. I am hopeful.

[bathroommonkey76]

4. The people of Charlotte need their heads examined

for electing this backwoods idiot.

Remember these comments from last year? Pittenger is also is a racist.

[yardwork]

16. He's horrible. This is the effect of gerrymandering.

[blm]

18. His was a gerrymandered seat.

He couldn't win there without the gerrymandering.

[wildeyed]

20. I used to be in his district, but they notched my neighborhood out

in the last re-drawing. Too liberal, I guess. It swoops down into Myers Park with a little keyhole cutout that is Cherry. The 9th district is a disgrace.

[wildeyed]

19. Please stop.

It's a viciously gerrymandered district that goes all the way to Fayetteville and only covers a sliver of the whitest, most conservative bit Charlotte. Look at the map.

https://pittenger.house.gov/about/our-district

[bathroommonkey76]

22. I live in NC

And I know all about the gerrymandering that has taken place the past 7 years. Should I have been more specific? I think I got the backwoods idiots comment right- The people of backwoods Matthews, Rockingham, Laurinburg, Fayett-Nam, and all the other rural redneck hot spots in between!

[wildeyed]

24. You said "The people of Charlotte need their heads examined".

It's not a kind thing to say about a city that is, in general, fighting the good fight. Also not accurate since only a fraction of the city is in district 9.

The people who need to get their heads examined are the ones in the General Assembly who did this to our beautiful state. Phil Berger comes to mind. Also, Senator Thom Tillis, because the district maps were his doing to start with, back before the Kochs bought his Senate seat for him. The people who vote for Pittenger are just partisan and/or not paying attention. Kochs and other dark money have spent 10's of millions of dollars convincing them. Keeping guys as dreadful as Pittenger in power ain't cheap.

Everyone in this state is tired and frustrated with the GOP bullshit. But let's not blame it on any particular area. It's hard enough with people outside the state being judgmental of us all. There are good people fighting the good fight all over this state right now.

[bathroommonkey76]

28. ...

Is Charlotte's 'fraction' is bigger than Rockingham, Laurinburg, Lumberton, and the other po' dunk towns along that route? Fayetteville and Hope Mills population give him the advantage, I know- It's not like the citizens from Charlotte who live in this district should be left off the hook either. Heck, Pittenger is from Charlotte, so you know there's money flowing into his coffers from Mecklenburg and surrounding areas of Charlotte.

Sure, we can blame all of the NCGA reps who have sent our state back to the 1950s- NC Dems need to worry about running quality candidates against Berger, Moore, Lewis, and the other lawmakers who have turned this wonderful Tar Heel state a laughingstock. Grassroots efforts should start with their seats, ASAP! I'm talking about candidates knocking on doors right now to get ahead of the NCGOP's game. I honestly don't think the Dems of this state know how to approach these gerrymandered seats- For a while I hoped NC Dems would hire Howard Dean to give them advice and direction about our future. We need somebody with that type of mindset to help conquer the working class vote again!

Pope, The Kochs, and the other dark money the GOP pours into the elections isn't going to stop. And it's a damn shame those mofos whittled away over the years with the propaganda and lies that brainwashed the uneducated into voting for them.

[Lucky Luciano]

23. LOL - looks like the district missed Whiteville! nt

[onetexan]

26. OMG funny u should mention Whiteville

my family lived there for 2 years when i was very young. To this day i find it hard believe that's still the city's name

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I wonder if he has great healthcare coverage. Oh wait.

Folks, the GOP believes there are limited resources for healthcare and the poor should die if that is what the market dictates.

Just ask them.

[tanyev]

5. Yeah, with all that money they have left over after paying

for doctors and meds with no insurance. Grrr.

[DonCoquixote]

6. You want federalism

Than do not ask for any federal money for anything. I am getting to the point where I would rather see some places get conquered by Mexico or China than have people who demand the lion's share of our money, yet want to cut our throats as if they were still waging the Civil War.

[PoorMonger]

7. Feeling his seat is unsafe maybe?

Seems like the suggestion of somebody afraid that there might be a blue wave about hit them. It's another way to suppress and or redistribute constituents by telling them they aren't welcome in their own home districts where ever that might be.

If Repugs could actually do this they'd be happy till all the blue states had booming economies and they got put up against failing red states.

But as a liberal in Nebraska I have though of moving to Colorado, though I'll be damned if some representative is gonna tell me to.

[calimary]

8. Welcome to DU, PoorMonger.

This guy has what my mom used to describe as "a heart like a BB." VERY small, and VERY hard.

[PoorMonger]

10. Thanks

Thanks for the welcome calimary

[47of74]

9. Fuck him. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[chowder66]

11. Are people just going to leave their jobs? Homes....

churches, doctors, schools, colleges, etc? These fucks spend so much time fundraising they have no idea what to do when it comes to their jobs. They are inept.

[David__77]

12. A reference to "Jeffersonian"!

Well, I'll say that I'm glad I live in California, which, by the way, happens to be a net contributor to the federal government.

[MissMillie]

40. that's the irony

the states that pay the least in taxes get the most federal tax dollars in relief.

The blue states pay, the red states get.

[C Moon]

13. He's got his insurance, why should he give a fuck about the rest of America.

[MarcA]

15. Perhaps his insurance can be removed or "reformed"

[secondwind]

14. what a bastard!

[Ken Burch]

17. Ah, yes, "Jeffersonian democracy"(historically traumatic image warning)

[Honeycombe8]

21. Being able to buy booze is like being able to get medical treatment? Outrageous. nt

[wildeyed]

25. I've been rage-tweeting pictures of pediatric cancer patients at him

all afternoon, trying to make that point. He is stupid and mean. Also under ethics investigation, which is not mentioned nearly enough.

[Honeycombe8]

27. +1. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Poor people can't move. Another way for RepubliCONs to say "Fuck you, I've got my stack." . . nt

[Historic NY]

30. Maybe when the new voting districts are drawen he can be sent packing.

http://abc11.com/politics/court-orders-nc-to-redraw-districts-hold-elections/1631387/

[moondust]

31. Been saying it for years.

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I've speculated that GOP assoles in state governments hope that if they make life miserable enough for the poor then the poor will eventually get up and move to a more hospitable state. They refuse to expand Medicaid, try to outlaw abortion, require drug testing for food stamps and whatever, hassle them over voting, etc. They're basically trying to turn their states into tax-free havens for the wealthy.

[dchill]

32. Seems legit!

[Gothmog]

33. Republicans are assholes and this jerk fits in well

[MurrayDelph]

34. Even if they DO move

since one of the Republican goals is to "sell across state lines" (without having to answer to the state insurance Commission), it won't do any good.

[NCDem777]

35. Just to note two things

I recall that during the Terri Schivao debacle, Republicans were the ones saying "Why should a bureaucrat decide what a good life is?"

Anyone else also remember when the ACA was being debated and every chainsmoking old church lady was shouting about how the government and the mean old Democrats would force them on a death panel unless they stopped smoking?

[briv1016]

36. "Were putting choices back in the hands of the states. Thats what Jeffersonian democracy provides"

So I guess Jefferson told slaves to move to another state if they have a "pre-existing melanin condition."

[They_Live]

37. Wait. I thought we were going to be able

to buy across state lines...or it that up to the states as well?

Bunch of asshats.

[Sunriser13]

38. So he's going to pay our moving expenses, then? nt

[not fooled]

39. It's the GOPee way

make a ridiculous suggestion instead of fixing the problem.

[jpak]

41. So he wants people to *leave* NC for blue states

fucking stupid

yup