Republicans Come Back With Even Worse Health Care Plan That Will Punish People For Getting Sick

The revival of the Republican health care bill that the White House is excited about is even worse that American Health Care Act because it would allow insurance companies to charge sick people as much as they wanted.

HuffPo reported, “It’s difficult to know exactly how high premiums for people with pre-existing conditions could go if this emerging plan were somehow to become law, particularly since right now the “plan” is really just some concepts Republicans are discussing. But the insurance market that existed before the Affordable Care Act offers some clues.Back then, insurers would routinely use higher premiums to discourage enrollment from people with health problems. Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation who studied those markets closely, said insurers would routinely charge three to five times what they charged healthy people. In one instance, she said, a Colorado insurer actually sought premiums that were 2,000 times the standard rate.”

Just to remind everyone, Trumpcare 2.0 would still throw 24 million people off of their coverage. It would still raise premiums by at least 20%. Rich people will still get a big tax cut, but now sick people may have to pay 2,000% more for health insurance.

This is a deal that is designed to appeal to the far right, which means that it will still be possibly doomed in the House and completely DOA in the Senate.

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After failing with a health care bill that was too extreme for moderates, but not extreme enough for the far right, Trump is demonstrating that he is a terrible political negotiator. Instead of making a deal with moderate Republicans and Democrats, the President is catering to the extreme fringe that screamed no the loudest.

The far-right hated the American Health Care Act because it wasn’t cruel enough to suit their tastes.

It looks like the cruelty has been amped up exponentially, which means that Trump is likely facing a second bigger defeat on health care.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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