Republican: The 'totality' of Trump's decision on ObamaCare payments 'helps the family'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 10/15/17 10:28 AM EDT

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said on Sunday that President Trump's decision to end key ObamaCare payments known as cost-sharing reduction (CSR) benefits would help U.S. families.

"if you take the totality of what the president did, I think it actually helps the family," Cassidy said on "Fox News Sunday." The Republican said Trump created an opportunity for Congress to address an "unconstitutional" requirement, and he believes "Congress should pass that short term extension" of the payments.

"And that's exactly what the president is asking," he said. "But we absolutely have to think about that family around the kitchen table, which is why I think Congress should pass them. Republicans have been trying to do so, but with flexibility so that premiums go down."

"So those who are lowest income, the payments, the subsidies will still go to insurance companies for them to buy their...coverage, and someone told me that CBO says they actually might pay a little less," he continued. Cassidy, who co-authored the Graham-Cassidy repeal and replace bill that failed to pass in the Senate last month, spoke out against the termination of CSR payments in August.

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[Thor_MN]

1. Republicans seem oblivious that the junk plans they want to create are worthless

The premiums might be lower, but they don't cover anything. Get sick on one of their plans and you might as well start planning your funeral.

[global1]

3. Welcome To Trumpcare....

and the Repugs and Trump now own this.

[procon]

2. "... and someone told me"?

Who, some Fox News personality that gets paid to repeat Republican sponsored propaganda lies that make Trump think he's actually doing great stuff?

Why can't he just go read the CBO reports, they're online, and they were reported in the media, so how did he miss the summaries that say the exact opposite of what he's saying. He's an idiot, and real people will die because of him!

[karynnj]

5. sad, that a Senator would say "someone told me"

I doubt the CBO would even have had time to score the Trump changes - even if they were actually defined to the degree needed. Not to mention, a policy that excludes things like pregnancy coverage. It also allows buying plans over state lines - where people really need to know if they have a network where they live and if they don't or their doctor is not on it, whether and what their out of network coverage is. (Not to mention, state regulation might overrule - remember that it was the state's right to reject expanding Medicaid per Roberts.)

[xor]

10. Just a way for him to put false information out there and then claim

he was just relaying what "someone told him" and didn't intend to misinform the public. But by then a bunch of idiots already have it ingrained in their heads that the CBO said it will reduce costs, and any reality based information that counters that will be dismissed as #fakenews.


They are getting really good at this.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. It helps the families of funeral home directors.

The Crematorium industry will also skyrocket.

There will be a lot less demand for expensive, life-sustaining surgeries because there will be no way to pay for them. The alternative? Suffering and death.

See? There's a silver lining in every cloud.

[Turbineguy]

8. The key to success

is a low value-added approach. The current funeral industry model in the U.S. is the opposite. Cheap, yet dignified arrangements will be needed to deal with whole families being wiped out in case of a contagious outbreak.

[DK504]

6. Naturally a Louisiana Senator.

"if you take the totality of what the president did, I think it actually helps the family," Cassidy said on "Fox News Sunday."

The totality is that the Moron just took away healthcare from the entire South, especially his state. -68% loss of CSR payments to his state and his buddies in the Senate. I hope a democrat will just run against this POS, make him defend the damage he is doing to Louisiana residents. Make him explain why they are losing healthcare, then Medicare, which will be net, then Social Security, have him explain that. Even if there isn't a chance in hell MAKE him explain.

[louis-t]

7. There's that word again: "flexibility".

It's Republican-speak for "we're coming to take all of your money, you better run."

[Vinca]

9. I can't imagine how this "helps the family." A junk policy is what it implies: junk.

How will a family react when they discover Mom is preggers with child #5 but the policy doesn't have maternity care?

[BigmanPigman]

11. He is a typical lying GOP sociopath. They are completely controlled

by greed and hypocrisy. He knows the truth and is full of shit. He is selling crap just like the con-in-chief. The problem is that half of Americans are too stupid or lazy to research the facts.

[They_Live]

12. Helps Trump's family?

yeah, I could see that being true.

[negoldie]

13. Cassidy

This Cassidy heathen is a god damn liar.

[bagelsforbreakfast]

14. Helps the Family? Did he mean the Cosa Nostra? n/m