Insurers Warn GOP That Skinny Bill Would Have Big, Bad Effects

[riversedge]

Source: Huff post



07/27/2017 01:42 pm ET

Like the experts, they think this latest scheme would destabilize markets.


The health insurance industry’s most influential trade group sent Congress a blistering letter Thursday warning that the so-called “skinny” health care bill Senate Republicans are putting together could wreak havoc on insurance markets ― and do so almost immediately.

The main idea of this new GOP proposal, which is not yet public and indeed may not even exist as anything more than a set of concepts under discussion, is to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate ― the financial penalty for people who decline to get health insurance.

GOP leaders have said that by focusing on the mandate and avoiding other divisive issues, such as cuts to Medicaid, they can pull together the 50 votes they would need to pass a bill ― something they are desperate to do, having spent seven years promising to repeal “Obamacare.”.......................

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/skinny-health-care-bill-effects_us_597a1f8be4b02a8434b4d18c

[Iliyah]

1. GOPers do not care

Sad.

[BigmanPigman]

2. The GOP doesn't care about the bill at all! They are concerned about the time line

and their GOP agendas. They are making a mess of an extremely important issue just so they can get on with their other agendas. It as all about getting it over and done with now so they can get re-elcted and cut taxes, etc.

They do not give a shit about the true legislative process per constitution. It is ALL about them, their political careers, and money.

No one has ever seen anything like this from Congress in their life time. It is a total sham.

[Dustlawyer]

4. Thats it! hey want the Koch donor money to keep coming since the Koch's have

threatened to cut it off if they don't pass it. The Quid Pro Quo's are so open and obvious you would think that it is legal to vote the way your Donor's tell you to.

We have become so normalized to this as have the media that the legality of it is never mentioned!

We are always fighting the symptoms of the root cause of most of our problems instead of uniting to change it! The root cause is our campaign finance system, the legalized bribes! The current symptom which we must fight is Health Care. It makes more sense fiscally and for health care results to go to some form of Single Payer and government bulk purchasing of prescriptions. The only reason we don't do it is the money they are given not to by the very industries that are screwing us.

We need to make campaign finance the big issue of the next elections because none of our politicians will, except Bernie of course.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The Insurance Cos can threaten tp withhold campaign donations if they are for real.

That would be the only thing that might get them a call-back.

[pangaia]

5. "..... could wreak havoc on insurance market...."

That is the intent....

[workinclasszero]

6. Is it going to pass tonight?

Trump the koch bros and the republican party are the main enemy of the average American.