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Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« on: March 19, 2018, 07:33:02 pm »
Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
by Kimberly Leonard
 | March 19, 2018 01:35 PM

Congressional Republicans unveiled legislation on Monday that would funnel billions of dollars to Obamacare markets, and hope the provision can be attached to the long-term government spending that's due Friday.

The new bill would fund insurer payments known as cost-sharing reduction payments for three years, and offer $30 billion in reinsurance funds distributed evenly for three years. It includes more flexibility for states to implement changes to their healthcare systems and allows more people to buy plans that have lower premiums and higher deductibles.

An aspect of the bill that hadn't been previously disclosed specifies that health insurers would have to specify in their marketing materials that this type of coverage isn't as extensive as Obamacare plans, and allows states to set up their own regulations on these plans. The Trump administration has proposed these plans should be extended from three months, a limit set by the Obama administration in 2016, to as long as 364 days.

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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2018, 08:22:32 pm »
Republicans promised to repeal Obamacare -- dig it up "root and branch."  So why are they funding it? 

Can someone explain to me again what the difference is between the two parties?

Liars and thieves.  They can all kiss my  fat posterior.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2018, 08:39:20 pm »
Gee sort of like the GOP announcing that the individual mandate is gone; while the mandate is supposed to disappear in 2019, what's to stop the DEMS from implementing the mandate again?  Full repeal was what was promised instead we got bits and pieces of the healthcare plan shredded. I've been reading complaints that this has done nothing but make things worse and driving the price up.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2018, 08:40:57 pm »
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An aspect of the bill that hadn't been previously disclosed specifies that health insurers would have to specify in their marketing materials that this type of coverage isn't as extensive as Obamacare plans, and allows states to set up their own regulations on these plans. The Trump administration has proposed these plans should be extended from three months, a limit set by the Obama administration in 2016, to as long as 364 days.

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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2018, 08:58:06 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on March 19, 2018, 08:22:32 pm
Republicans promised to repeal Obamacare -- dig it up "root and branch."  So why are they funding it? 

Can someone explain to me again what the difference is between the two parties?

Liars and thieves.  They can all kiss my  fat posterior.

The problem is not the Republican Party overall, but rather a few of them. Call the individual Senators. Collins to start.



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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2018, 09:00:25 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2018, 08:58:06 pm
The problem is not the Republican Party overall, but rather a few of them. Call the individual Senators. Collins to start.

I guess that depends on if this makes it into the final passed bill or not.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2018, 09:02:01 pm by Sanguine »
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2018, 09:01:45 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on March 19, 2018, 07:33:02 pm
Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
by Kimberly Leonard
 | March 19, 2018 01:35 PM

Congressional Republicans unveiled legislation on Monday that would funnel billions of dollars to Obamacare markets, and hope the provision can be attached to the long-term government spending that's due Friday.

The new bill would fund insurer payments known as cost-sharing reduction payments for three years, and offer $30 billion in reinsurance funds distributed evenly for three years. It includes more flexibility for states to implement changes to their healthcare systems and allows more people to buy plans that have lower premiums and higher deductibles.

An aspect of the bill that hadn't been previously disclosed specifies that health insurers would have to specify in their marketing materials that this type of coverage isn't as extensive as Obamacare plans, and allows states to set up their own regulations on these plans. The Trump administration has proposed these plans should be extended from three months, a limit set by the Obama administration in 2016, to as long as 364 days.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/republicans-propose-billions-in-new-obamacare-funding

The Uni-Party RINOs strike again (and still).   And then they wonder why people are leaving the RNC in droves..... :shrug:
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2018, 09:20:29 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on March 19, 2018, 08:22:32 pm
Republicans promised to repeal Obamacare -- dig it up "root and branch."  So why are they funding it? 

They have funded it since ObamaCare was imposed back in 2010. 

They are funding it because they WANT ObamaCare to remain, as long as they get to 'manage it'.

Quote from: Applewood on March 19, 2018, 08:22:32 pm
Can someone explain to me again what the difference is between the two parties?

I can't.  There is none - except in degrees to which each party intends to expand and grow government and the subsequent despotisms that go with it.

Quote from: Applewood on March 19, 2018, 08:22:32 pm
Liars and thieves.  They can all kiss my  fat posterior.

The corruption is endemic to how the Federal beast now exists.  You cannot remove the corruption without collapsing the entire system.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2018, 09:24:27 pm »
What? People believed what the Republicans campaigned on?

Again...

Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me again, shame on me.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2018, 10:26:43 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on March 19, 2018, 08:39:20 pm
Gee sort of like the GOP announcing that the individual mandate is gone; while the mandate is supposed to disappear in 2019, what's to stop the DEMS from implementing the mandate again?


You would hope a presidential veto is that barrier.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2018, 10:28:40 pm by edpc »
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2018, 11:18:25 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on March 19, 2018, 08:39:20 pm
Gee sort of like the GOP announcing that the individual mandate is gone; while the mandate is supposed to disappear in 2019, what's to stop the DEMS from implementing the mandate again?  Full repeal was what was promised instead we got bits and pieces of the healthcare plan shredded. I've been reading complaints that this has done nothing but make things worse and driving the price up.

Don't forget the mandate returns in 2025 when the individual part of the tax cuts expires.

Anyone want to bet that the Rats won't end all the tax cuts and re-energize obamacare then.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2018, 11:26:18 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2018, 08:58:06 pm
The problem is not the Republican Party overall, but rather a few of them. Call the individual Senators. Collins to start.

I understand this argument and on the surface it seems reasonable. However, the Pub party always seems to have enough of these types to never do what they promised they would do on the campaign trail. One clear difference between the Pubs and the Rats is the Rats will end the career of one of their's if they don't go with the party line on core issues. The Pubs just pat the dissenter on the back and talk about how "principled" their friend is.

They promised for 7 long years that if we gave them the House, the Senate and the Executive that they would repeal obamacare "day one". They didn't and behind the scenes they are propping it up.

Why vote for the Pubs, they are liars and cheats.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2018, 11:53:19 pm »
Quote from: bilo on March 19, 2018, 11:26:18 pm
Why vote for the Pubs, they are liars and cheats.

Worse than just liars and cheats.

But I figured that out the last election cycle and finally broke free of the plantation.

I will no longer be voting for their brand or those in it.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2018, 12:49:30 am »
Quote from: truth_seeker on March 19, 2018, 08:58:06 pm
The problem is not the Republican Party overall, but rather a few of them. Call the individual Senators. Collins to start.

Unless you live in Maine, you might as well scream into the void.  Actually, that's probably true even if you DO live in Maine, but it would at least be worth a shot.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2018, 12:56:50 am »
Quote from: INVAR on March 19, 2018, 11:53:19 pm
Worse than just liars and cheats.

But I figured that out the last election cycle and finally broke free of the plantation.

I will no longer be voting for their brand or those in it.


Oh, but you have to.  We have to save the Republic from the Democrats.  (sarc)

Next person to tell me that is getting a good slap.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2018, 01:21:44 am »
Quote from: Applewood on March 20, 2018, 12:56:50 am

Oh, but you have to.  We have to save the Republic from the Democrats.  (sarc)

Next person to tell me that is getting a good slap.

People who tell me that, I see as no different than Marxist supporters of Obama and Hillary - and just as loathsome.

And I have nothing in common with such people.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2018, 01:36:40 am »
1) Has President Trump weighed in on this yet?

2) If this passes, Obamacare will officially become Trumpcare or Republicare.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2018, 01:39:18 am »
Quote from: LauraTXNM on March 20, 2018, 01:36:40 am
1) Has President Trump weighed in on this yet?

2) If this passes, Obamacare will officially become Trumpcare or Republicare.

That bridge has already been crossed. Republicans own it now.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2018, 01:59:50 am »
Quote from: DB on March 20, 2018, 01:39:18 am
That bridge has already been crossed. Republicans own it now.

Yes they do.

Republicans own it all.

It is now TRUMPLICAN Care.

Still the next step towards Single Payer, which both Trump and the Establishment want.
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Re: Republicans propose billions in new Obamacare funding
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2018, 02:06:05 am »
Ok, so this may not have been excluded, per the other thread?  @mystery-ak, am I reading that right?
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