Skinny bill text has been posted

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John Bresnahan‏ @BresPolitico 7m7 minutes ago
Skinny bill now named "Health Care Freedom Act."

Senate Budget GOP‏ @BudgetGOP
BREAKING NEWS: #HealthCareFreedom Act text has been posted. https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HealthCareFreedomAct.pdf …
9:53 PM - 27 Jul 2017

[Jimbo101]

1. I can think of several things that the acronym could stand for

and so can everyone else that this abomination will affect !

H.C.F.A.

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2. for those following along

Link to tweet

[DefenseLawyer]

3. Unfortunately FUBAR was already taken. n/t

[superpatriotman]

4. Reading now

Section 105 talks about taking Medicaid dollars away from states for Planned Parenthood?

Input appreciated.

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6. looks like a one year ban on funding

Link to tweet

...apparently the language was changed to comply with Senate rules and avoid the need for a waiver.

[NightWatcher]

5. The twitterverse says they are leaving the preexisting condition clause up to the states

Have you seen any mention of that?

They're trying to sneak it by us in the dead of the night

[superpatriotman]

7. Key points:

Individual mandate gone
Employer mandate gone
Medical device excise tax extended through 2020
Health savings accounts go up to $4500
No Medicaid money for family panning or women's health (still trying to confirm this)

Still reading

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8. state waivers

Link to tweet

...looks like they changed the waivers to avoid parliamentary ruling, essentially a con to get the bill to the House where it would certainly be changed back (on all the 'skinny' provisions).

Link to tweet

[lindysalsagal]

15. Thanks for that: I can't bring myself to look at it.

[maryellen99]

9. Is the employer mandate repeal mean that employers can drop you for preexisting conditions?

[mythology]

14. The ACA employer mandate is about employers having to either pay a penalty or offer insurance

for effectively all of their full time employees (95% or more). It varies some by the size of the employer.

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10. AMA just came out against the new bill

Andy Slavitt‏ @ASlavitt

JUST OUT: AMA calls Senate "Freedom" Act a "toxic prescription that would make matters worse."

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[dalton99a]

12. "Freedom" is RW shorthand for death

[haveahart]

13. Why would any Senator vote FOR this bill trusting Paul Ryan?

I hope there are at least 4 Senators who don't trust him. It's a real cop out to say you just want to get it to conference. It's just a way to have it both ways.

[workinclasszero]

16. This will destroy health care for millions of Americans

The democratic party needs to get out front on this and back single payer/medicaid for all now!

So everyone will know who to blame when poor kids start dying and old folks are stacked up like cord wood outside of closing nursing homes.

Fuck this BS! We tried it tried it every other way and IT DOESN'T WORK!!!

Way past time to join the rest of the world with guaranteed health care dammit!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

17. Calm down, people