Why NO Republican would EVER vote for HCR

[berni_mccoy]

There is one fundamental keystone to health care reform: No one should be denied healthcare because they have a pre-existing condition.

There are literally millions of Americans who cannot get health insurance because they have a pre-existing condition. And as a result, they cannot afford to go to the doctor to be treated.

Why do Insurance companies reject people with pre-existing conditions? The answer is simple: a person with pre-existing conditions costs more than their premium would cover. They would eat into the profits of the Health Insurance companies. If Insurance companies could find a way to make money insuring people with pre-existing conditions, they would have done so long ago. Instead, they drop these people as fast as they can using rescission and annual and lifetime caps. And these people with pre-existing conditions are the most vulnerable. They are the ones most likely to die if they do not have their illness treated.

Even Republicans agree (or at least, they'll openly admit) that the practice of excluding people because of pre-exisitng conditions, and such evil practices as rescission and spending caps, are wrong. But even if this was all the Health Care Reform Bill was about, forget the Public Option and Exchanges for a second, forget the competition part for a moment. If all the HCR Bill was to cover people with pre-existing conditions, not a single Republican would vote for it. And the reason is because the Insurance companies won't stand for it.

This is what the battle is about. It is about taking a power of authority over life and death out of the hands of the Insurance Companies. If the Insurance companies lose, they will lose profit. If we the people lose, people will die. It is this simple. Republicans are not voting for the people. They are voting for profit.