Wisconsin governor may seek waiver to let insurers hike premiums for pre-existing conditions

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Wisconsin governor may seek waiver to let insurers hike premiums for pre-existing conditions

By Todd Richmond
Associated Press

MAY 5, 2017 5:54 PM

Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he would consider seeking a waiver to let insurers raise premiums for people with pre-existing medical conditions if the House Republicans' health care plan becomes law.

House GOP members narrowly passed the bill Thursday that would roll back former President Barack Obama's health care law. Part of the bill would allow states to seek waivers exempting insurers from Obama's prohibition on higher premiums for people with pre-existing problems. States could then use federal dollars to fund government-operated insurance programs for pools of expensive patients.

Walker, a Republican, told reporters that he would consider seeking such a waiver, saying Wisconsin has run high-risk pools well in the past.

"We had a very effective program before," Walker said. "I think a lot of people were disappointed that Wisconsin was not allowed to have that under the Affordable Care Act, under Obamacare. So that's something we'd certainly consider."

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Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-pre-existing-conditions-waiver-20170505-story.html

[Skittles]

1. I wish it would only apply to Trump voters

they are the ones who deserve this mess

and WHY do repukes keep mentioning this ridiculous "pre-ACA preexisting condition paradise" meme?" PEOPLE WENT WITHOUT INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD IT.

[democratisphere]

2. What is with politicians in Wisconsin?

Are they eating so much cheese it is clogging the arteries in their brains. What a bunch of miserable heartless SOBs.

[atreides1]

4. I have a better question?

What is it with voters in Wisconsin? What kind of drugs are they taking, what are they smoking? It's the voters that keep Walker and the Republicans in power...why? Are people of Wisconsin so into masochism that they love being beaten into the dirt?

The majority of the voters put Walker and his heartless SOB's in charge, what does that say about them???

[wasupaloopa]

3. The idea is to segregate sick people so that

the cost of their coverage is not paid for by those who do not need high risk pools.

[Sinistrous]

5. Of course he did. He's a republican.