House Democrats plan quick vote to protect preexisting conditions once in majority
Source: washpost
November 8 at 3:20 PM
House Democrats plan to hold a vote early next year on protecting health coverage for people with preexisting conditions testing GOP commitments to such protections that many Republicans adopted during difficult reelection campaigns.
Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), who will be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee next year, said such a vote should happen immediately upon Democrats assuming control of the House in January.
The vote would be the natural sequel to Democrats successful midterm strategy of focusing on health care and attacking Republicans relentlessly over their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which included landmark preexisting-condition protections.
During the campaign, many Republicans insisted they wanted preexisting conditions protected, a shift Democrats called disingenuous. A vote on the issue would give Republicans a chance to follow through.
We need a vote on preexisting conditions right away, Neal said in a post-election interview in his hometown of Springfield, Mass., on Wednesday. We said that was one of the cornerstones of the ACA. After they saw how badly their position was polling on it, they said they were for it.
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Demwolv
(88 posts)get them on record.
cstanleytech
(26,351 posts)calimary
(81,594 posts)Play HARDBALL, Nancy. Take no prisoners. Search and destroy!
Do unto republi-CONS BEFORE they ever get a chance to do unto you.
klook
(12,174 posts)LonePirate
(13,437 posts)cstanleytech
(26,351 posts)Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from ever being put on the chopping block as it will force the Repugnants in the House into a corner.
Plus best of all Trump and his water carrier Repugnants in the Senate can't protect the House members since it's not really legislation.
The Mouth
(3,169 posts)investigations and impeachment ('oversight') are well and good, but POLICY and LAWS are what they are there to *DO*
Politicub
(12,165 posts)Bravo!!!
brooklynite
(94,950 posts)...they should add an OPTIONAL Medicare buy-in and dare Republicans to oppose it.
sfwriter
(3,032 posts)My requirement would be full funding for the exchanges which Trump has starved.
not fooled
(5,805 posts)Hey, pukes--put your money where your mouth is--pull the lawsuit!
(crickets)
[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/opinion/republican-lawsuit-pre-existing-coverage.html|]