{"id":136910,"date":"2018-09-05T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T21:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/in-case-you-thought-all-that-aca-repeal-stuff-was-dead-and-gone.html"},"modified":"2018-09-05T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T02:07:11","slug":"in-case-you-thought-all-that-aca-repeal-stuff-was-dead-and-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/in-case-you-thought-all-that-aca-repeal-stuff-was-dead-and-gone.html","title":{"rendered":"In case you thought all that ACA Repeal stuff was dead and gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not. The GOP are just waiting for a November win to get rid of the ACA, including pre-existing medical conditions (vague promises to the contrary notwithstanding). They’ve actually said<\/i> that.<\/p>\n

Again, remember why the ACA was passed:<\/p>\n

1. People dying (or just chronically suffering, and unable to work) from lack of insurance coverage (no, you can’t go to the ER to treat your cancer, heart disease, or diabetes), either because their employers didn’t have to provide it, because they couldn’t afford individual policies, or because they had some vague “pre-existing condition” that meant insurance companies could either deny coverage or jack up the costs through the roof.<\/p>\n

2. People being driven into bankruptcy because of medical bills on policies that had annual and lifetime caps, or that didn’t include critical coverage, or that didn’t cover things that, oh, hey, pre-existing conditions again!.<\/p>\n

3. Because the basic ideas behind the ACA were supported by both the GOP and conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation … until it was a Democrat that was pushing them into law.<\/p>\n

The GOP politicians today seems mainly concerned with getting rid of #3. If #1 or #2 happen again, well, none of them<\/i> are likely to suffer that way.<\/p>\n

Something to remember this November.<\/p>\n


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\nOpinion | Get Sick, Go Bankrupt and Die – The New York Times<\/a><\/span>
\nWhat the midterms mean for the future of health care.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s not. The GOP are just waiting for a November win to get rid of the ACA, including pre-existing medical conditions (vague promises to the contrary notwithstanding). They’ve actually said that. Again, remember why the ACA was passed: 1. 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