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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Thu May 4, 2017, 12:58 PM May 2017

GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions

Source: CNBC

The Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare does not allocate nearly enough money to protect people with pre-existing health conditions from potentially higher insurance premiums, an analysis finds.

The bill's $23 billion in funding specifically for such people would cover just 110,000 Americans, according to the Avalere Health study released Thursday.

That's only 5 percent of the 2.2 million current enrollees in the individual insurance market with some type of pre-existing chronic condition.

And even if states were to add in all the other money in the bill's $100 billion Patient and State Stability Fund, only a total of 600,000 people with pre-exisiting conditions could be covered, the study found.

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/gops-obamacare-replacement-bill-would-protect-just-5-percent-of-people-with-pre-existing-conditions-analysis.html

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GOP's Obamacare replacement bill would protect just 5 percent of people with pre-existing conditions (Original Post) brooklynite May 2017 OP
But they will lie and claim it covers pre-existing conditions. Voltaire2 May 2017 #1
They are rushing because they think they can hide all the crap without CBO scoring. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #2
Most people who live Wellstone ruled May 2017 #3
This Bigly Winning moment is gonna bite NoMoreRepugs May 2017 #4

Voltaire2

(12,626 posts)
1. But they will lie and claim it covers pre-existing conditions.
Thu May 4, 2017, 01:03 PM
May 2017

And the media will dutifully report their claims.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
2. They are rushing because they think they can hide all the crap without CBO scoring.
Thu May 4, 2017, 01:05 PM
May 2017

They don't want to face constituents and voters.
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Most people who live
Thu May 4, 2017, 01:36 PM
May 2017

in those States that sued Obama over ACA,will and are the most effected by this GOP Death Panel Bill.

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