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GOP finally unveils one of its ACA replacement plans
Trymos:
https://www.collins.senate.gov/sites/default/files/Sen.%20Collins%20Floor%20Remarks%20on%20Patient%20Freedom%20Act.pdf
there are also articles based on this but they're all incredibly biased and cherrypicky so i'm just linking the actual document so you can form your own opinions.
imo it's literally a chaotic version of the ACA, still enforcing some of the obamacare provisions: keeping the no declining pre existing provisions clause and no "cap" on benefits but removing the individual mandate
but states are given 1 of 3 choices:
1. keep the ACA (??? isnt this a universal bill wouldnt it not work if its only a few states doing it ???)
2. forego the ACA partially and go for a HSA approach, the government gives the state federal funding similar to the ACA, but this funding is used to fund HSA's (which is a healthcare tax free account) to people who are eligible (poor people) and essentially give them a health stamp card to buy healthcare plans with it, the government is also required to provide a high deductible, basic prescription low premium plan to people who are not eligible for medicaid or employer covered healthcare and is eligible for said HSA. which states could automatically enroll to ensure healthcare access and you can choose to forego it for a more expensive premium option or nothing at all.
basically: Annoying Orangecare, it really isn't that much different for the end result, it's obamacare except Annoying Oranges name.
3. forget you bitches my states going solo (you lose federal funding going this route, but you also get to essentially ignore the bill)
honestly i see it as a slightly worse obamacare solely because of the loss of the individual mandate being the biggest change really, unless there happens to be some states that are handicapped enough to choose option #3 and maybe #1 with the huge damage to the ACA with this bill.
well, option #3 isn't THAT bad. imagine if vermont chooses option #3 and just dumps insurance altogether for a universal payer healthcare option. that would be an amazing bernie sanders move if they do choose to go with Annoying Orangecare.
edit #1: oh and there will be no tax decreases at all, not even reversing the tax increases from the ACA
The Resonte!:
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 23, 2017, 10:51:25 PM ---Annoying Orangecare.
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oh man will this be the new name for it
Trymos:
--- Quote from: The Resonte! on January 23, 2017, 10:58:31 PM ---oh man will this be the new name for it
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it better be or the journalists are tribals
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Trymos on January 23, 2017, 10:51:25 PM ---Annoying Orangecare
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namE IT Annoying OrangeCARE AND I WILL loving KILL YOU
otto-san:
aight well this is definitely better than what i was expecting if the summary in the OP is accurate
i wish this pdf wasn't in a 10000pt font
--- Quote ---It is important to note, however, that the
Patient Freedom Act would retain several
important consumer protections. Dependents will
be able to remain on their parents’ health
insurance policies until age 26. Insurance
companies will still not be able to exclude
coverage for pre-existing conditions or
discriminate based on health status. Insurance
companies cannot cap benefits by including
lifetime or annual limits in their policies, and they
must offer to renew policies as long as enrollees
continue to pay premiums. Insurance companies
must also continue to cover mental health and
substance use disorder benefits for individuals, a
particularly important benefit given the national
scope of the opioid crCIA which has seriously
affected my State of Maine. Provisions like these
should be retained; however, the Washingtoncentric
approach of the ACA must be changed if
we are ever to truly reform our broken health care
system.
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cool, glad they aren't letting states duck out on these