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Tom Rinaldo

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5. No mention made here of repealing the prescription drug "doughnut hole" fix

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 10:40 AM

Mar 2017

I believe this list leaves out the fact that the ACA filled in the doughnut hole in prescription drug insurance costs for seniors that had to be paid out of pocket - saving retirees hundreds of dollars in some cases. From what I remember seeing, that benefit will be repealed by the Republicans (who also are repealing a series of taxes that mostly hit upper income people that wee being used to fund ACA provisions such as that.)

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The Parts of Obamacare Republicans Will Keep, Change or Discard [View all] CousinIT Mar 2017 OP

Thanks. This is a great synopsis. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #1

+1000 thank you iluvtennis Mar 2017 #13

Trying to figure out how tax credits work for the very poor csziggy Mar 2017 #2

Basically poor people get no insurance Johnny2X2X Mar 2017 #6

This will literally kill this couple. csziggy Mar 2017 #9

They don't care Johnny2X2X Mar 2017 #10

I know. And these people brought it on themselves by voting republican for forty years. csziggy Mar 2017 #11

They don't. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #7

Hell,not even just the poor but just the retired.......... Bengus81 Mar 2017 #15

I hope the insurance companies figure out how to get that money csziggy Mar 2017 #16

Kicked for visibility superpatriotman Mar 2017 #3

A Mandate Without Calling It A Mandate erpowers Mar 2017 #4

Today, $75,000 isn't a high bar. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #8

No mention made here of repealing the prescription drug "doughnut hole" fix Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #5

The ludicrous conundrum - GOP didn't give two shits about people who couldn't afford healthcare Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2017 #12

Miss a payment, get surcharged 30% for years. Disgusting. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #14

K & R JHan Mar 2017 #17