2018 elections, ACA, and pre-existing medical conditions.

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2018 elections, ACA, and pre-existing medical conditions.

This Tuesday we’ll learn to what extent voters’ perceptions of the Affordable Care Act have already changed. Republican candidates are fearful and they’re promising to “protect” the prohibition of ACA insurers to increase prices of applicants due to their pre-existing medical conditions. This is occurring while Republican attorney generals are opposing the federal government's right to enforce those same prohibitions. ... If the Republicans efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act should ever succeed, USA would inevitably later adopt a more substantial federal healthcare policy. That later created policy would more likely be federal universal single payer medical insurance.[/QUOTE]

Respectfully, Supposn
 
Supposn said:
2018 elections, ACA, and pre-existing medical conditions.

This Tuesday we’ll learn to what extent voters’ perceptions of the Affordable Care Act have already changed. Republican candidates are fearful and they’re promising to “protect” the prohibition of ACA insurers to increase prices of applicants due to their pre-existing medical conditions. This is occurring while Republican attorney generals are opposing the federal government's right to enforce those same prohibitions. ... If the Republicans efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act should ever succeed, USA would inevitably later adopt a more substantial federal healthcare policy. That later created policy would more likely be federal universal single payer medical insurance.
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I don't know about everyone else but for me health care isn't even on the radar for the midterm elections. That system is so broken right now that one election isn't going to fix it or make it a lot worse.
 
ProggyStyle said:
I don't know about everyone else but for me health care isn't even on the radar for the midterm elections. That system is so broken right now that one election isn't going to fix it or make it a lot worse.
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Good morning Mr. Black (are you still black, or since Obama has allowed men in the ladies restrooms, can we now choose our race?)!!
I agree, healthcare isn't an issue during this election.
 
RB 60 said:
Good morning Mr. Black (are you still black, or since Obama has allowed men in the ladies restrooms, can we now choose our race?)!!
I agree, healthcare isn't an issue during this election.
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No, I'm not black anymore. Turns out I was mailed the wrong DNA test results, I'm actually a progressive female from Seattle.
 
Supposn said:
2018 elections, ACA, and pre-existing medical conditions.
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unless they are motivated by one of dozens of other issues...since protection for pre-existing conditions passes almost unanimously in 2010, there is no reason to pretend they are at risk now......
 
PostmodernProphet said:
the Patient Protection Act and the Affordable Care Act were voted on separately....
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PostmodernProphet, regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka ACA,V aka Obamacare, aka federal Rommneycare, refer to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act
Respectfully, Supposn
“The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965”.
 
Supposn said:
PostmodernProphet, regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka ACA,V aka Obamacare, aka federal Rommneycare, refer to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act
Respectfully, Supposn
“The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 amendment, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965”.
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lib'ruls love to pretend that every objection to Obamacare is an objection to protection for pre-existing conditions.......but in reality, that lie don't float........
 
PostmodernProphet said:
lib'ruls love to pretend that every objection to Obamacare is an objection to protection for pre-existing conditions.......but in reality, that lie don't float........
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PostmodernProphet, I suppose upon the topic of medical insurance, you can certainly consider me a liberal. I do not suppose any “objection to Obamacare is an objection to protection for pre-existing conditions”. I do contend in aggregate, regardless of the federal act’s shortcomings, (which in almost all cases are due to Republican obstructions), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (ACA) is an improvement of our nation’s healthcare systems.

I do contend that if we expanded Medicare eligibility to all ages, further reduced patience out-of-pocket costs, increased unrealistic Medicaid income caps, and reduced all of the other restrictions for Medicaid qualifications, that would be superior to our existing ACA policy.

The consequences due to such changes would be of no aggregate increase of net costs to any USA legal resident and their dependents that are now covered by adequate medical insurance and do not earn incomes exceeding USA’s median annual income; (net costs due to such changes of our federal healthcare policy include full considerations for their direct and indirect taxes they pay, and their share of any increased government debt due to the policy).

Respectfully, Supposn
 
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Supposn said:
PostmodernProphet, I suppose upon the topic of medical insurance, you can certainly consider me a liberal. I do not suppose any “objection to Obamacare is an objection to protection for pre-existing conditions”. I do contend in aggregate, regardless of the federal act’s shortcomings, (which in almost all cases are due to Republican obstructions), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (ACA) is an improvement of our nation’s healthcare systems.

I do contend that if we expanded Medicare eligibility to all ages, and further reduced patience out-of-pocket costs, increased the unrealistic income caps and reduced all of the other restrictions for Medicaid qualifications, that would be superior to our existing ACA policy.

The consequences due to such changes would be of no aggregate increase of net costs to any USA legal resident and their dependents that are now covered by adequate medical insurance and do not earn incomes exceeding USA’s median annual income; (net costs include full considerations for their government taxes and their share of any increased government debt that could be considered to be due to such changes of our federal healthcare policy).

Respectfully, Supposn
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You own Obamacare, nut up and admit it.
 
Supposn said:
2018 elections, ACA, and pre-existing medical conditions.

This Tuesday we’ll learn to what extent voters’ perceptions of the Affordable Care Act have already changed. Republican candidates are fearful and they’re promising to “protect” the prohibition of ACA insurers to increase prices of applicants due to their pre-existing medical conditions. This is occurring while Republican attorney generals are opposing the federal government's right to enforce those same prohibitions. ... If the Republicans efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act should ever succeed, USA would inevitably later adopt a more substantial federal healthcare policy. That later created policy would more likely be federal universal single payer medical insurance.

Respectfully, Supposn
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There is no authority in the Constitution for a federal healthcare system, operated by the feds. Therefore the ACA is unconstitutional as is every other federal program not authorized by the Constitution. Amendment 10 to our Constitution leaves the healthcare issue solely in the domain of the States and the people. Wanta know why healthcare in America sucks? It's because the federal government is involved in it up to their eyebrows. Healthcare in America was the best and most affordable on earth before the feds bleeped it up!

Show me the politician that can explain how covering pre-existing conditions can be covered without raising cost and a politician that can do it with a straight face, and I'll show you a professional lying bastard.
 
Robo said:
There is no authority in the Constitution for a federal healthcare system, operated by the feds. Therefore the ACA is unconstitutional as is every other federal program not authorized by the Constitution. Amendment 10 to our Constitution leaves the healthcare issue solely in the domain of the States and the people. Wanta know why healthcare in America sucks? It's because the federal government is involved in it up to their eyebrows. Healthcare in America was the best and most affordable on earth before the feds bleeped it up!

Show me the politician that can explain how covering pre-existing conditions can be covered without raising cost and a politician that can do it with a straight face, and I'll show you a professional lying bastard.
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The preamble covers that perfectly. Of course the fact that all the other industrialized countries do it makes us an outlier. Don't you think the wealthiest nation in the world should take care of the citizens? Countries like Taiwan got universal coverage. They came to America before they instituted it as an example of what not to do.
 
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