Posted on 05/03/2017 1:59:03 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Two Republican lawmakers who had come out against the House bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act earlier this week reversed course on Wednesday and threw their support behind the plan after securing more money to help people with pre-existing medical conditions.
Representatives Fred Upton of Michigan, an influential voice in Republican health policy, and Billy Long of Missouri, a close ally of President Trump’s, told reporters after a meeting with Mr. Trump on Wednesday that the latest revisions had won them over. Those included $8 billion in additional funds over five years to supplement the insurance of people with pre-existing health problems.
Mr. Upton predicted the bill was “likely” to pass the House, a tremendous reversal of momentum for a measure that has twice been pulled back from a vote for lack of support.
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, criticized that plan. “The proposed Upton amendment is like administering cough medicine to someone with stage four cancer,” he said in a statement. “This Republican amendment leaves Americans with pre-existing conditions as vulnerable as they were before under this bill.”
How far that $8 billion would go to ensuring that people with pre-existing medical conditions remain covered is not clear.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I had one Freeper reply to my query “how do we care for those unable to get health insurance?” and he replied “Darwinism...let them die. The weak need to die so we prosper as a nation.”
It was sickening, a throwback to the days when the weak and disabled were left outside to freeze to death or be eaten by wolves.
Ed
And you can bet that the idiot who said that would be screaming and clawing and crying about how unfair it was if he or his were part of that group. Those who make such statements are usually the biggest cowards trying to put on a "strong face"....they engender both pity and disgust in right-minded folks.
Yup, I agree!
Ed
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