Rumors are flying the GOP feels emboldened by the quieter phone linesLIGHT THEM UP [View all]

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By Jen Hayden at Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/19/1699751/-Rumors-are-flying-the-GOP-feels-emboldened-by-the-quieter-phone-lines-LIGHT-THEM-UP

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They think we are going to give up. Like thieves in the night, they think they can steal our pre-existing conditions protections. Once again, they are trying to trade our health care for tax cuts for the rich. It’s another attempt to replace health care with wealth care.

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Equally or more troubling about the Graham-Cassidy bill is the cruel fact of obliterating the protections for pre-existing conditions. From Vox:

The new Republican plan to repeal Obamacare would bring preexisting conditions back to the individual market, allowing insurers to charge sick people higher premiums — or deny them coverage outright.

"You can be charged more for a specific condition," says Chris Sloan, a senior manager at the health research firm Avalere, of the Cassidy-Graham plan that has begun to gain traction on Capitol Hill.


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