Scott Walker would consider dropping fed pre-existing condition coverage rules for Wisconsin

[Miles Archer]

Scott Walker would consider dropping fed pre-existing condition coverage rules for Wisconsin



http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/05/gov-scott-walker-would-consider-dropping-pre-existing-condition-coverage-rules-wisconsin/101327456/

MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker said Friday he would consider having Wisconsin opt out of the pre-existing condition policies under the Affordable Care Act, depending on the final version of legislation headed to the U.S. Senate.

The Republican governor stressed that the Senate was likely to make significant changes to the bill the House approved Thursday to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The House plan would allow states to opt out of requirements for insurers on what they can charge people with pre-existing conditions.

"That's something we would certainly consider. It depends on the conditions, and again, what's in the House bill could be very different than what's in the Senate bill and what finally comes to the president, " he told reporters at a stop in Madison to promote tourism. "So I'm going to wait till I see what's in the final version."

Democrats said they were appalled Walker would entertain an idea that could result in people with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses paying much more for insurance.

[lapfog_1]

1. Of course he would.

[hatrack]

5. Because that's just the vaguely fetal-looking bag of shit that he is . . .

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[rzemanfl]

2. He would kill old people on TV for the Koch brothers. n/t

[Freethinker65]

6. Yep

[yallerdawg]

3. Clear as a bell.

If we all pitch in and pay to cover everybody, that is socialism.

If we let the sick and old fend for themselves or die because they cost us too much, that is capitalism.

One of these systems is right and good - the other is bad and evil.

And we're still fighting about it?

[dalton99a]

18. Walker has been feeding at the public trough all his life

just like the other assholes from Wisconsin

[Angry Dragon]

4. I am amazed at the total love the republicans have for other people

[0rganism]

11. i am amazed at the love Wisconsin voters have for Walker

they had multiple chances to remove him and they kept him around
and then helped to elect Trump
oh well.

[gratuitous]

7. Has Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers been informed?

She's serenely purring about how coverage for her son with Down Syndrome won't get cut off for his pre-existing condition. Of course, Rep. Rodgers lives in Washington, not Wisconsin, and she knows that the Democrats who run her state aren't the heartless sociopaths who run Wisconsin.

I'm not sure why Gov. Walker would want any significant changes to the House bill, since it already hits all his ghoulish hot buttons like casting sick children into the outer darkness to provide a feast for the demons waiting to consume him.

[BigDemVoter]

8. That motherfucker would sell his mother's soul if he could.

[PA Democrat]

9. Good little Koch puppet.

I wonder how the citizens of Wisconsin will feel about that? The fact that he would even CONSIDER this must be used in every political race in the state.

[dalton99a]

16. The problem with Wisconsin is stupid racist hicks in rural counties

Evidently they're not dying off fast enough

[snacker]

10. No surprise here...

he's pure evil.

[beachbum bob]

12. I hope he talks about that and places more wins for democrats in 2018

[ATL Ebony]

13. I've been hoping for the LAST day that I read or hear from this weasel . . .

just the hearing/reading his name makes me puke

C'mon WI, pls get rid of him next time.

[beachbum bob]

14. if democrats get off their asses, we send these conservative home....

[winstars]

15. Thats so....not surprising. He is a fucking prick, so of course. He didm't even wait a full day...

[spanone]

17. that's right scott...FUCK those people who voted for your sorry ass.

[still_one]

19. Well if the people in Wisconsin don't like that, they know what they need to do

[geek tragedy]

20. Is he running for re-election in 2018?

Every gubernatorial candidate is going to be asked about this.