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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKansas GOP pushes for cheaper health plans that may not cover pre-existing conditions
BY ANDY MARSO FEBRUARY 21, 2019 03:36 PM,
Kansas Republicans and trade associations, empowered by changes President Donald Trumps administration made to the Affordable Care Act, are pushing for health plans that are less expensive because they dont have to cover pre-existing conditions.
One such bill, requested by the Kansas Farm Bureau, passed the Republican-controlled state Senate 28-11 Wednesday. It now heads to the House.
According to a Gallup poll, citizens are more concerned about rising health premiums than pre-existing conditions, said Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Republican from Shawnee who voted for the bill. We should support lower cost of acquiring health care coverage, so people can have it before they develop what would otherwise be pre-existing conditions.
Democrats and patient advocacy groups fear the new plans will leave people in the lurch if they get sick, and cause prices to rise for people with pre-existing conditions who cant use them.
One such bill, requested by the Kansas Farm Bureau, passed the Republican-controlled state Senate 28-11 Wednesday. It now heads to the House.
According to a Gallup poll, citizens are more concerned about rising health premiums than pre-existing conditions, said Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, a Republican from Shawnee who voted for the bill. We should support lower cost of acquiring health care coverage, so people can have it before they develop what would otherwise be pre-existing conditions.
Democrats and patient advocacy groups fear the new plans will leave people in the lurch if they get sick, and cause prices to rise for people with pre-existing conditions who cant use them.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article226468970.html
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Kansas GOP pushes for cheaper health plans that may not cover pre-existing conditions (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Feb 2019
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Raven
(13,872 posts)1. To the insurance companies, EVERYONE has a pre-existing condition.
I went through this in the early 2000s with a claim that was first denied because of a "pre-existing condition". If you have ever been to a doctor for anything, the insurance company will use it.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. Yes they will dispute everything
So we end up with huge premiums and no benefits..well we are already there but it will get even worse.
We need single-payer/comprehensive Medicare for All now. 123 people die per day due to lack of healthcare (see sig line).
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)6. +100
Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)3. When you vote GOP you are asking to be killed.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. Ikr?
And yet millions of fox/hate radio zombies vote for their own suffering and death via the GOP.
The power of propaganda is frighting.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,538 posts)7. The Repuglican health care plan: If you get sick or injured,
?1406242353
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)8. Yeah that's what they mean with MAGA
****ing idiots!