Mulvaney: If Your State Doesn't Mandate Maternity Care, Change Your State

[Fast Walker 52]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, one of the top administration officials who had been working to pass the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, on Friday morning brushed off concerns about a new provision in the bill that repeals the Essential Health Benefits requirement.

That provision would repeal a requirement that insurers cover a list of 10 essential benefits, including maternity care. Asked about this on CBS' "This Morning," Mulvaney argued that states can still require that insurance companies cover the EHBs.

"If you live in a state that wants to mandate maternity coverage for everybody, including 60-year-old women, that’s fine," he said.

Co-host Alex Wagner asked Mulvaney about people who do not live in a state that requires maternity coverage.

"Then you can figure out a way to change the state that you live in," Mulvaney replied.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mulvaney-states-maternity-care

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It's just evil.

[Stuart G]

1. Not the smartest thing to stay..

but we need to consider the source.....

[wordpix]

29. "including 60 y.o. women" what a f-ing idiot, he & Dump think comments like this

are funny but they just support the reality that the Rs are a bunch of clowns

[HopeAgain]

2. Wasn't the Republican Plan...

going to abolish the regulation of health insurance, as barriers to the market, by the States?

[Fast Walker 52]

4. haha-- good point

not sure it's in this bill

[wordpix]

30. this plan is to abolish health care for low income ppl w/savings to the top 2%

nothing more. Let's call it what it is, a massive tax break for the rich

[unblock]

3. Yes! "Change the state that you live in" by voting for democrats!

[iluvtennis]

20. +++

[yellowcanine]

5. Would that make a woman who did that an anchor mom?

[Fast Walker 52]

21. haha, good one-- Dem Anchor Babies

[Marthe48]

6. If you don't like America

move to Russia, you p.o.s.

[dalton99a]

22. A nice big estate in New Zealand is their actual preference

[Marthe48]

40. Kuribati

all of them

[Javaman]

7. living in his own private Idaho...

[BeyondGeography]

16. Get out of that state you're in!

Fred Schneider FTW.

[chelsea0011]

8. Hey, dipshit. No insurer will have maternity care if it isn't mandated.

Or, at the very least, pay out of your ass for it.

[dchill]

9. It's evil, all right. In your face evil.

They've figured out that you still have some of their money, and they're going to get it.

[NewRedDawn]

10. Another little Confederate Fascist

Dickhead Mulvaney.

[Turbineguy]

11. How about we just

change the government, dickhead?

[Stuart G]

12. Wait a moment...is this made up, or fake news???

no one can be this stupid


can they??? ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[dalton99a]

23. We're living in Trumpworld now

[MontanaMama]

13. Isn't this the crowd that purports the notion

that "we can't restore our society with other people's babies"? Excluding maternity care benefits seems counter intuitive to that.

Oh wait, I forgot for a second who we're dealing with.

[Kber]

14. Wow - the campaign slogans write themselves, don't they?

[NewRedDawn]

15. They like to Move the Dem population in red states to blue states

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And keep their phony Electoral advantage with the num nuts that remain. Also put financial strain on the blue states. Mission accomplished Putin & Putin Publicans.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. Um - so I'm really heavily involved in NJ grassroots efforts

With the intent of Stopping the GOP Lead by Trump Agenda at every turn. . . but we also discuss 'what ifs'.

There's going to be a New Governor in NJ this year. We are going to maintain and increase Democratic representation in the Assembly and Senate.

And with that - we need *when we talk* to prevent Health Care Refugees from Trump 'States'. Seriously - it's sick and it is cruel - but we need a two year delay in being able to take state benefits.

Now -if you get transferred here by say Johnson and Johnson or AT &T and the state mandates your employer cover you - that's aok.

We simply cannot be asked to give one more thin red cent to people who were too stupid to see Trump for what 'it' is and thus have harmed every single American.

This concept will take bread off the tables of good New Jerseyans who are down on their luck and need state sponsored health care their pregnancy.

Yeah - so we are kind of assholes like that . . . but every Indivisible, Progressive Action, Block Trump organization needs to start thinking like that: How can I protect people like me and defend smaller resources from outsiders who hate me for what I am - a liberal in a blue state.

[riversedge]

18. This is real callous remark directed at U.S. Families from Trump Administration

[Friend or Foe]

19. To you, Mr. Mulvaney, here's a seven letter term

It begins with FU
It ends with YOU

Somewhere in between the beginning and end is CK

[dalton99a]

24. Pure, sheer, unadulterated evil.

[Lifelong Protester]

25. It is evil to think any state

would have the power to deny maternity care.

[Fast Walker 52]

27. exactly... I mean, WTF

[librechik]

26. that's why the Red States have so few people, and the blues are overcrowded.

Is that a good thing? Only if the teeny states call all the shots and the blues get robbed and underfunded.

[Oak2004]

37. We have a government in which

empty acreage has the vote.

People? Not so much.

[NewRedDawn]

41. Exactly!

See my post above. What good is it to make blue states bluer?Remaining Red State Dumfuckistan will still win electoral vote. Unless we are allotted more congressional districts & awarded more electoral votes & distributed our fair share of the treasury, But they would still control senate seats in those states.

[Hekate]

28. I've tried and erased 4 comments. They are just evil. Okay, I'll try again...

No women need apply.

Contraceptives? Not my problem. Prenatal care? Pfft. Postnatal care? Who needs it? Well baby checkups? Oh, be real. Pap smears and mammograms? Eww, ladyparts.

Next time I really lose my temper and call them all "motherfuckers," there will be a whole new layer of literal meaning.

[Vinca]

31. Jeez . . . now they don't want to take care of a baby in the womb either.

Any woman who (unfortunately) happens to married to one of these bozos should follow the GOP aspirin between knees advice unless actively trying to conceive. If GOP men don't want to pay for maternity care, they need to grab a box of tissues and lock themselves in the bathroom with a dirty magazine.

[wordpix]

32. whatever happened to Make America Great Again, MalVAINey?

Now it's Move to Another State Again if you don't like your health care insurance

[itcfish]

33. What a Stupid

Thing to say!

[Solly Mack]

34. I want horribly bad things to happen to that man.

I know that makes me petty, but I don't care.

I don't even want the bad things to happen so he'll learn a lesson because he wouldn't learn anything.

I just want those horribly bad things to happen because he deserves it.

[Fast Walker 52]

38. I know the feeling... the cruelty of these people needs some sort of punishment

[Solly Mack]

43. You would think such cruelty would come with consequences.

But, well - doesn't seem to work that way.

They get ahead on the backs and dead bodies of others.

[irisblue]

35. Delete

[Oak2004]

36. This 60 year old woman wants maternity coverage for everyone

because that's how insurance works.

Geez, if maternity coverage were only for childbearing women, that's mathematically the same as women paying out of pocket for maternity care.

[Fast Walker 52]

39. I know-- I don't know why that's so freaking hard to undertsand. Why can't these people understand

what living in a CIVIL SOCIETY means???

[50 Shades Of Blue]

51. I'm older than you (and childless) and ITA!

Maternity benefits are for the health of her unborn (and newly born) child, not just for the mother. Everyone who is born needs them!

[OnDoutside]

42. I want to hear lots MORE from Mulvaney ;)

[Skittles]

44. 60 year old women have a vested interest in babies being born healthy

EVERYONE DOES

[maxrandb]

45. Listen Asshat

Don't you know that if people could get the fuck out of West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama or Mississippi they'd have left already??

[Fast Walker 52]

46. exactly!!!

[0rganism]

47. finally, a good idea from a Trump administration flack

"change the state that you live in"

yes, we can all take a hand in this, it's long overdue. from local school boards up to governorships, from town councils to legislatures, all across this land, let's work diligently to change the states we live in, improve them for our children and coming generations. we all need to become active at the state and local level. for some, it is our last line of defense against the encroaching darkness. for others, that line has crumbled and needs to be rebuilt stronger than ever.

thank you Mick for sharing your insight on this topic, and pointing out a simple truth.

[Fast Walker 52]

48. yes, it's not a bad idea in general, but it sucks for women who need healthcare RIGHT AWAY

[0rganism]

49. one reason we can't have it RIGHT AWAY is we let states slip away in general

the idea that we can count on this version of the federal government to do anything but funnel big money to the already-wealthy is fallacious. if we're going to help people we need more local and state governments to see the benefits of Democratic policies and politicians.

[Fast Walker 52]

50. that's true, but the overall fact is, the Federal govt should ensure common rights like heathcare

policies that cover maternity leave.

[riversedge]

52. I saw him on TV a bit ago-he is heartless.