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pnwmom

(108,950 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 09:57 PM Sep 2013

What do the Rethuglicans hate about Obamacare? Let us count the mandates.

From the "Republican Health Care Overhaul Packet"

http://reichert.house.gov/sites/reichert.house.gov/files/Health_Care_Overhaul_Packet.pdf

They hate it that health insurers now:

Must cover adult dependent children

Must provide unlimited lifetime and annual payouts

Must provide access to preventive benefits, as prescribed by HHS Secretary, without cost-sharing

Must provide uniform explanation of coverage documents with standardized definitions

Must follow federal rules for enrollee claims appeals and provide notices in a “culturally and linguistically appropriate manner”

Must provide unlimited beneficiary access to providers within network

Must provide unlimited beneficiary access to emergency rooms without additional cost-sharing

Must provide unlimited beneficiary access to OB-GYNs without prior authorization

Must not spend more than Government permits on administrative costs

Must not rescind coverage


Must not exclude preexisting conditions


Must not base premiums on health status of beneficiary


Must not vary premiums based on age more than Government permits

Must cover all applicants regardless of health status


Must renew coverage


Must provide comprehensive coverage as defined by HHS Secretary

Must provide access to all covered benefits no later than 90 days after enrollment

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What do the Rethuglicans hate about Obamacare? Let us count the mandates. (Original Post) pnwmom Sep 2013 OP
They love it when it's called RomneyCare. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #1
I think they loved what romney proposed, not what the Democratic legislature changed it pampango Sep 2013 #5
They hate that it was started by a (Black) Democrat. eom Jamaal510 Sep 2013 #2
Whoop, there it is!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2013 #6
I think what they hate... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2013 #3
Plus it creates a functional and regulated market for individual insurance plans IronLionZion Sep 2013 #4
And the funny thing is that ObamaCare Dpm12 Sep 2013 #7
Obama's Congress was a lot more rightwing than the Massachusetts legislature nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #9
They hate that it is pro-life. Rex Sep 2013 #8

pampango

(24,692 posts)
5. I think they loved what romney proposed, not what the Democratic legislature changed it
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 04:54 PM
Sep 2013

into. He vetoed the final bill and Democrats passed it over his veto.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
3. I think what they hate...
Wed Sep 18, 2013, 10:29 PM
Sep 2013

Is that all of that delicious money, that used to be in the control of some of their biggest donors, will no longer be left in the control of those big donors.

I think they don't care one whit about the health, good or bad, of their constituents. I don't think they care deeply about anything but money.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
4. Plus it creates a functional and regulated market for individual insurance plans
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 04:30 PM
Sep 2013

It's not the big giveaway to insurance companies that opponents on the left make it out to be. But the opponents on the right are just plain evil.


Dpm12

(512 posts)
7. And the funny thing is that ObamaCare
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 04:59 PM
Sep 2013

is not much different from what Romney did when he was Governor of Massachusetts.

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