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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:51 PM Feb 2019

Kansas 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 Trump’s administration made to the Affordable Care Act, are pushing for health plans that are less expensive because they don’t 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 can’t 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 OP
To the insurance companies, EVERYONE has a pre-existing condition. Raven Feb 2019 #1
Yes they will dispute everything workinclasszero Feb 2019 #2
+1 area51 Feb 2019 #4
+100 workinclasszero Feb 2019 #6
When you vote GOP you are asking to be killed. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #3
Ikr? workinclasszero Feb 2019 #5
The Repuglican health care plan: If you get sick or injured, LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2019 #7
Yeah that's what they mean with MAGA workinclasszero Feb 2019 #8

Raven

(13,872 posts)
1. To the insurance companies, EVERYONE has a pre-existing condition.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:57 PM
Feb 2019

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
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:59 PM
Feb 2019

So we end up with huge premiums and no benefits..well we are already there but it will get even worse.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
5. Ikr?
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 01:01 PM
Feb 2019

And yet millions of fox/hate radio zombies vote for their own suffering and death via the GOP.

The power of propaganda is frighting.

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