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Call It 'Sneaky Repeal,' Not 'Skinny Repeal' (NYT)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/opinion/skinny-repeal-obamacare.htmlCall It Sneaky Repeal, Not Skinny Repeal
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | JULY 27, 2017
Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson at a press conference on Thursday.
The Senate considers itself an august body of statesmen. But on Thursday it became a theater of the absurd when three top Republicans said they would vote for a health care bill only if House leaders guaranteed that it would not become law.
At issue is Majority Leader Mitch McConnells last-ditch plan to pass a skinny repeal of the Affordable Care Act. But sneaky repeal is the more honest description, since it is really a means to preserve Republican hopes of more completely destroying the A.C.A., or Obamacare. Thats why the three senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson demanded the House guarantee it would not accept the bill as written, but instead send it to a conference committee. Without the guarantee, they fear the House could approve it and President Trump would sign it.
That would be a terrible outcome. There is nothing skinny about it, because the measure would leave 16 million more people without insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That is four-fifths of the 20 million who gained health insurance under the A.C.A.. In addition, people who continue to purchase their own insurance and earn too much money to qualify for federal subsidies could see premiums jump 20 percent if they could buy comprehensive policies at all. Forget the Republican vow to save the country from a collapsing Obamacare. If this bill becomes law, it would magnify weaknesses in Obamacare and leave millions of individuals and families worse off.
Its core is elimination of the A.C.A. requirement that individuals buy insurance or pay a penalty. This is meant to prevent people from buying policies only when they need care, which would lead insurers to charge more, or bar policies for individuals so that the very sick would not be their only customers. With higher prices, fewer people would buy coverage, creating a death spiral. No wonder Americas Health Insurance Plans and the American Medical Association oppose the plan, as do 10 governors from both parties who sent Senate leaders a letter.
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Call It 'Sneaky Repeal,' Not 'Skinny Repeal' (NYT) (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jul 2017
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benld74
(9,909 posts)1. GOP has NO SOUL
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)2. K&R
dhill926
(16,355 posts)3. fuck "em.....
a bunch of bullshitters...