New Trumpcare plan 'makes bad bill worse,' AARP says

[workinclasszero]

New Trumpcare plan 'makes bad bill worse,' AARP says
Kate Santich Contact Reporter Orlando Sentinel 4-26-17

Under Trumpcare 2.0 — the GOP’s revised plan to replace Obamacare — older low-income Floridians would face “prohibitively expensive” health insurance premiums, even if they’re healthy, AARP Florida warned Wednesday in what leaders said should be a wake-up call to the state’s residents.

“If this passes, it’s going to push a lot of older Floridians back into the ranks of the uninsured,” said AARP Florida director Jeff Johnson. “And that will have dire consequences for their health, for their personal finances, for the finances of the health care system in Florida and for our public health.”

The criticism came as some Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, praised the new version, claiming it was a vehicle to “lower premiums [and] give states more flexibility.” The Freedom Caucus, a group of three dozen conservative House Republicans, officially embraced the proposal.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-latest-trumpcare-health-plan-makes-bad-bill-worse-aarp-says-20170425-story.html

[WinkyDink]

1. Nothing Republicans will ever do will ever reduce profits for Corporate America. So NO

"lower premiums."

The very thought is risible.

[Cha]

2. K&R!

Mahalo, working~

[PA Democrat]

3. Forced euthanasia would be more humane than what these filthy cretins are proposing.

And for those who will still be able to afford insurance because they are still young and healthy, they will find out the first time that they get sick that they were duped. They will find out that insurance plan covers little to nothing and then the will see their premiums skyrocket.

Gotta love those "pro-life" Republicans.

[cstanleytech]

6. Except arent the Repugnants opposed to assisted suicide? Seems more like they want to make people

suffer which isnt surprising if you think about it given how pro torture they have proven themselves to be.

[progree]

7. Because Jesus said, "suffer little children", and no doubt Jesus was an incrementalist and

ultimately wants everyone to suffer, but decided to start with little children first.

-The Most Reverend Progree
First Republican Church of God

[bronxiteforever]

4. But the Freedom from Health Caucus like it! N/t

[tclambert]

5. Under the Republican plan, poor people will still be able to watch medical shows on TV.

If they can afford a TV. And pay the cable bill.

[Ray Bruns]

8. You need to stop referring to it as a health care plan.

It is nothing more than a tax cut for the rich. It has nothing to do with health care.

[not fooled]

9. Poor pukes

Caught between their paymasters the kochs et al. and the peasantry, aka constituents.

They obviously care only about the former but can't run and hide on this matter--their conflict of interest is glaringly exposed. Everyone can now see how vile and uncaring they really are.

The fact that they keep trying to yank healthcare from millions despite the political downside indicates how severe the pressure is from the wealthy to get rid of that tax funding the subsidies.