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Dems: GOP rollback of HCR would increase the deficit.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released an estimate of the Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and finds the GOP plan explodes the deficit and will have a devastating impact on the health of millions of Americans.
According to CBO, here’s what the GOP repeal bill means for Americans: Adds $230 billion to the deficit over the first ten years and more than $1.2 trillion in the second decade (around one-half percent of GDP) 32 million Americans will lose health coverage Americans will get fewer health benefits for their money Americans purchasing health insurance on their own will see their costs rise Health care premiums for Americans getting coverage through large employers will go up http://www.democraticleader.gov/blog/?p=3308 |
That's nice and all but they don't have the senate and the house or enough votes in either to override a veto, so this is all just bull anyway.
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Not as crass as how you put it, but the cost at large cap companies have already gone up with the passage of the bill, and the companies have already passed it on. Repeal will do no such thing. This is for many companies an excuse to not offer as much in terms of cost in relation to coverage and place the blame elsewhere. |
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that said, i'd just as soon there be no movement on H.R. 2 until the detailed analysis and budgetary impact are released. but i like the contrast in the names of the bills: ...............H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act .................................................. .......vs ...............Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, Public Law 111-148) |
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I don't personally like the corporatist bill that was passed. But I doubt the Republican plan is much better. |
I wouldn't want a law passed or rejected based on the estimates coming from the CBO. CBO is always off. Like way off. Look up their past projections VS actual costs for Medicare. The real costs ended up tens of billions more than the projections.
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Not having a fix to healthcare obviously does cost us all. Who do you think pays for all the free care that is provided to people right now in ERs all across America? ERs cannot turn away anyone, no matter what their insurance status. When hospitals can't collect from patients' without insurance and no ability to pay (including illegal immigrants that everyone was so interested to make sure were not included in any healthcare plan, btw) they pass that cost on to the rest of us through increased fees to self-pay patients and to health insurance companies. This means that health insurance companies then increase their rates. There is no free lunch. And you don't even get good care at the ER since there is not continuity of care and many ER facilities are overrun with patients meaning they have excessively long waits, and patient care suffers.
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What most people don't realize is we are already paying for much of the healthcare for uninsured people! |
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I think a lot of people realize that we are covering the uninsured and its because of that fact they wonder, "what's the point?". Why reconstruct the healthcare industry when something like opening up eligibility to Medicare would seem like a better solution to dealing with the uninsured. We also can't assume that people WILL take preventative care or see a primary care physician (do they still exist?) VS a hospital or an urgent care if they have any health issues. I'm insured, but I haven't been to an actual Dr.s office in YEARS, but I have been to the hospital/urgent care several times. |
I love the Urgent Care places too!
Hopefully if they are able to offer people lower cost private insurance plans, and large employers have to expand their benefits...more people will have privatized heathcare, as opposed to none or Medicaid. An HMO is totally different than free services because people will have to adhere to the rules of an insurance plan. Which means use your benefits wisely or else be charged for what you've used. But maybe I'm an optomist, who knows? Either way, I think reform is inevitable. |
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