MoveOn Washington Director: "Folks don't realize how close the GOP is to repealing ACA right now"

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23. In response to "Message auto-removed ... Name removed" (#12)

who said:

[font color = blue]>>Pre-existing conditions is great for the few who have been previously excluded but for the many who simply get insurance as future protection, it gouges them every time they pay their premium.<<[/font]

Sometime before you reach age 65 (Medicare age) you will, with high probability, acquire one of those pre-existing conditions. Maybe not of the severity that made it impossible to get coverage in the old days, but one that would have resulted in much higher premiums.

And be grateful that Medicare doesn't discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions (yet). So don't be a fuckhead, fuckhead.

And back to the ACA (Obamacare) -- premiums for young people are 1/3 as much as those for 60-64 year olds, in recognition that young people have fewer health problems and fewer "preexisting conditions" than older people. So it's not like you are paying full freight for older people's healthcare.