- Joined
- Jun 20, 2008
- Messages
- 106,843
- Reaction score
- 98,882
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Independent
Full title: Senate Republicans Have Asked CBO to Score 2 Versions of Revised Health-Care Bill: Report
This was happening while the country was losing its mind over a tweet of Trump wrestling a person with a CNN logo edited over his head.
GOP Asks CBO to Score 2 Versions of Revised BCRA: Report
It's difficult to understand what would be attractive about a healthcare package that you might be able to pay less for, but would lack all of the protections the ACA offered, such as pre-existing conditions and the ten essential health benefits, because even if you're healthy what would be the point of shelling out so much money for such for such a low value service? And keep in mind this new package (and by "new" I mean "old," because it would offer you healthcare that people received pre-2010) wouldn't be in comparison to one containing all the protections of the ACA. Rather, with the new bill, you would be able to choose between no healthcare protections versus the newer BCRA that cuts medicaid, and offers higher premiums for none of the ten essential health benefits.
But while it's difficult to understand why anybody would want this revised bill, it's no easier to understand than why Republican congressmen are trying to pass the BCRA in the first place since by kicking off 15 million people from medicaid after stripping the current program of 800 billion over ten years , and removing most of the ten essential health benefits (such as ambulance rides), so that the tax cuts can go to those making over $200,000, it has the abjectly unpopular rating of 17%.
Also of interest that despite the publicity campaign that Republicans have devoted only recently to undermining the credibility of the CBO, in secret they still acknowledge its importance and continue to work with it.
----------
For more on the ten essential health benefits:
1)Ambulatory patient services. [outpatient care]
2)Emergency services.
3)Hospitalization. [inpatient care]
4)Maternity and newborn care
5)Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment.
6)Prescription drugs.
7)Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices.
8)Laboratory services
9)Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management;
10)Pediatric services, including oral and vision care.
here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_health_benefits
This was happening while the country was losing its mind over a tweet of Trump wrestling a person with a CNN logo edited over his head.
GOP Asks CBO to Score 2 Versions of Revised BCRA: Report
It's difficult to understand what would be attractive about a healthcare package that you might be able to pay less for, but would lack all of the protections the ACA offered, such as pre-existing conditions and the ten essential health benefits, because even if you're healthy what would be the point of shelling out so much money for such for such a low value service? And keep in mind this new package (and by "new" I mean "old," because it would offer you healthcare that people received pre-2010) wouldn't be in comparison to one containing all the protections of the ACA. Rather, with the new bill, you would be able to choose between no healthcare protections versus the newer BCRA that cuts medicaid, and offers higher premiums for none of the ten essential health benefits.
But while it's difficult to understand why anybody would want this revised bill, it's no easier to understand than why Republican congressmen are trying to pass the BCRA in the first place since by kicking off 15 million people from medicaid after stripping the current program of 800 billion over ten years , and removing most of the ten essential health benefits (such as ambulance rides), so that the tax cuts can go to those making over $200,000, it has the abjectly unpopular rating of 17%.
Also of interest that despite the publicity campaign that Republicans have devoted only recently to undermining the credibility of the CBO, in secret they still acknowledge its importance and continue to work with it.
----------
For more on the ten essential health benefits:
1)Ambulatory patient services. [outpatient care]
2)Emergency services.
3)Hospitalization. [inpatient care]
4)Maternity and newborn care
5)Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment.
6)Prescription drugs.
7)Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices.
8)Laboratory services
9)Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management;
10)Pediatric services, including oral and vision care.
here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_health_benefits
