New Version Of Obamacare Repeal Would Gut Pre-Existing Condition Guarantee

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04/26/2017 12:56 am ET | Updated 7 hours ago


This is better?
By Jonathan

Apparently yanking away the funds that allow millions of people to get health insurance isn’t enough for some House Republicans.

Now they also want to gut the Affordable Care Act’s protection for people with pre-existing conditions.

Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) on Tuesday formally unveiled an amendment to the American Health Care Act, the bill to repeal Obamacare that Republicans tried to get through the House last month. The amendment, which HuffPost’s Matt Fuller first reported last week, is the product of negotiations among key Republicans, including Vice President Mike Pence.

A main goal of the proposal is to win over conservative House members who last month opposed the GOP repeal bill because, in their view, it still left too much of the 2010 health care law in place. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, helped to craft the amendment. And although he has not yet declared support for it publicly, a few other conservatives have signaled they may be ready to switch from no to yes.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. What happened to the "JOB CREATORS" tag line?

I mean they were GODS in 2012 ... Ryan's not boasting how giving them
Hundreds of billions in tax cuts will create 18.6 million new jobs?

Paul Ryan is slipping badly. Maybe Russia will send him a check.

[Kennah]

9. This will create work--for Bankruptcy Lawyers (n/t)

[adigal]

2. Good. This makes it even more unpalatable. I will be asking my R Congresswoman about her vote

This will kill her if she votes for it.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. How about Auto Insurance that cancels upon impact?

I mean why not invalidate everything when you need it. And pass a law to force
us to carry it in the first place while you're at it.

Everyone needs a $Billion indemnity policy and an Umbrella policy that doesn't
ever actually pay anything. But we can boast about it!

Am I missing something?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. This version even less popular with voters, incl. Repub voters. Let them know. . . nt

[still_one]

5. These assholes go out of their way to hurt people

[Liberalagogo]

6. STOP CALLING IT OBAMACARE

You are just re-enforcing the RW meme every time. Call it either the ACA or TRUMPCare.
It was one of the stupidest things the left every did, embracing that RW term.

[bluestarone]

7. Absolutely

I AGREE!!!!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

8. AARP has already started running ads

here in Philly (and probably elsewhere) to reject this latest attempt.

If that amendment got included, they would lose the House GOP moderates.

[DonViejo]

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