Just a little knowledge of what will happen to Medicare and the Donut Hole.....
Repealing Obamacare affects everyone
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/02/news/economy/repealing-obamacare-health-insurance/
Also, Obamacare called for closing the gap in Medicare's drug coverage in stages, completely eliminating it by 2020. Senior citizens have to pay more for drugs while they are in the donut hole. For 2016, the gap begins when enrollees and their insurers have spent $3,310 for medication and ends after they hit $4,850 in costs. Since Obamacare was passed in 2010, more than 11 million people have saved an average of more than $2,100 a person on prescription drugs, according to the White House.
The donut hole would return if Obamacare were repealed.
https://blog.medicare.gov/2010/08/09/what-is-the-donut%C2%A0hole/
Medicare blog
ut, the recent health reform law – the Affordable Care Act – has some important changes that will help to relieve this burden for the people with Medicare that hit the donut hole each year (and are not already on a program called Medicare Extra Help,):
This year, if you enter the Part D donut hole, you will receive a one-time, $250 rebate check. The mailing of these checks began in June. If you are eligible and do not receive your check, call your Part D plan first and then 1-800-Medicare.
Starting in 2011, you will receive a 50% discount on brand-name drugs in the donut hole, and you will start to pay less and less for your generic Part D drugs in the donut hole.
Starting in 2013, you will pay less and less for your brand-name Part D prescription drugs in the donut hole.
By 2020, the coverage gap will be closed, meaning there will be no more “donut hole,” and you will only pay 25% of the costs of your drugs until you reach the yearly out-of-pocket spending limit.
This is what will be lost if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. Its going to hurt a lot of people and they will do it because they can. Don't fall for the news media crap of some Republicans will defect , the republicans will barrel through. We can't fight them, tried with W. Bush but wait for the right time and then POUNCE.
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