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

[Jack Heim]

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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Jack Heim, john at johnheim.com