[nfb-talk] Where the Senate Health Care Bill Fails

[Jack Heim]

Yeah, it would be fair to describe Senator Johnson as incredibly 
wealthy. Senator Johnson specifically mentioned that he'd like to get 
rid of the rule requiring health care providers to accept customers with 
pre-existing conditions. What does he expect those people to do, die? 
One way or another, we have to pay for their health care. It's only a 
matter of what pocket the money comes out of. Doing away with the 
pre-existing condition rule is both worthless and cruel. It's only going 
to make a lot of people's lives miserable while saving us nothing. IMO, 
this issue presents  a challenge for the Trump supporters on this list. 
Are they willing to admit that  Republican health care policies run 
contrary to what is best for blind people?




On 06/26/2017 10:48 AM, Karen Rose wrote:
> This guy from Wisconsin sounds like he must be incredibly wealthy. To return all of this to the private sector and to allow people to buy what they need and can't afford would mean that most of us could buy nothing and would never be permitted to see a doctor again! What we need is Medicare for all!
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jun 26, 2017, at 8:40 AM, Jack Heim via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin published an op-ed piece in the NYT today explaining his objection to the Republican health care bill.
>>
>> Here is a quote, "it also boosts spending on subsidies, and it leaves in place the pre-existing-condition rules that drive up the cost of insurance for everyone."
>>
>> Can we all agree that the subsidies and the rule on pre-existing conditions benefit disabled people a great deal? It would be bad for blind people in general if those things were to be done away with, right? Essentially, Senator Johnson is objecting to the bill because it still does too much. There certainly is a chance that the bill will be modified before it passes but there is, in fact, a good chance it will be made worse! Anyone who thinks the Republican majority in the Senate won't be willing to make the changes Senator Johnson demands is fooling themselves.
>>
>> A link to the op-ed piece:
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/opinion/senate-health-care-bill.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-#continues-post-newsletter
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