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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere is what Conservative Health Care CHOICE & FREEDOM [really] looks like ...
The Trump administration, with Obamacare-hater Tom Price now ensconced at the head of Health and Human Services, is proposing a rule that they say would stabilize Obamacare markets. The proposed rules aren't exactly the draft rules leaked last week, but are easily as damaging. These new regulations would allow insurance companies to sell plans with higher deductibles and narrower networks and reduce the subsidies that low- and middle-income families get to purchase insurance. Yes, higher out-of-pocket costs and less help buying insurance. For the people that have the hardest time affording insurance and medical care.
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http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/15/1634159/-Trump-administration-unveils-Trumpcare-higher-costs-for-less-coverage-for-middle-income-Americans
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Here is what Conservative Health Care CHOICE & FREEDOM [really] looks like ... (Original Post)
PsychoBabble
Feb 2017
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Meaning that medical costs will once again be the main reason for personal bankruptcy?
guillaumeb
Feb 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Meaning that medical costs will once again be the main reason for personal bankruptcy?
Framed as freedom to choose a plan. It is all about the freedom.
unblock
(52,208 posts)2. yup. freedom to die from a treatable condition.
procon
(15,805 posts)3. They want to bring back junk insurance, cheap but worthless coverage, and quite profitable. nt