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Now Ill try to make this simple...but I will preface this post with this..
I am absolutely shocked that I knew so little about Marco Rubios Dec 9, 2015 ability to absolutely screw The ACA by passing a law which prevented the govt from not reimbursing 2.9 Billion Dollars expected by Insurance Companies to cover their
LOSSES for the year.. Fuck Face and his gangsters cut 2.9 Billion to 400 million! The 2.9 billion.. part of the ACA plan to keep the expected loses from not creating havoc with the Insurance Companies... It was called Loss Corridor in the language of Obamacare..
Now I follow all this stuff (Republican Bullshit) pretty carefully.. However I never heard of the Loss Corredor part of the ACA.Obviously these financial subsidies was the guarenteed safety net to the Insurance Companies..
Jesus Christ.. Im surprised the Insurance companies didnt close up shop immediately after Rubio and his minions passed this bomb into the end of the year budget ..
So read this its simple and short... But please explain to me why the DNC, Dems in both the House and Senate didnt scream fucking bloody murder when this bill passed... I dont even remember Obama mentioning this catastrophic event.
Someone help me understand.
http://www.salon.com/2017/03/22/how-republicans-quietly-sabotaged-obamacare-long-before-trump-came-into-office_partner/
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tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)The GOPee screwed the ACA by doing this. It's why they did it.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)by stumbeling upon it. during my daily surfing the net thing... Yea I heard about before, but never the complete story..
Where were the Dems when this happened? Were they fearful of a Dem Backlash for such a high amount?
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Sorry, no answers.
FakeNoose
(32,644 posts)The GOP had to keep it under wraps for as long as possible.
That was part of the plan all along - they wanted to see Obamacare fail in a big way.
I only read about it at the end of the campaign cycle last year.
After Rubio was out of the race and he was only half-heartedly supporting Trump, he did talk about it a little bit. I think he wanted to make sure he got credit for torpedoing Obamacare, but I don't really know what his motive was.
Yes the Democrats in Congress do know that it's a problem, but they still hoped to get a compromise bill to save it. That's the only reason I can think of as to why they didn't publicize it more.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)But I'm fucking Stunned? All these Insurance comapnies pulling out Red States (Kansas for Istance) this a big deal!
Why the hell are Dems...not screaming now? wow
LeftInTX
(25,366 posts)He signed it.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Shouldnt both our House and Senate Reps.. be screaming bloody murder?...
LeftInTX
(25,366 posts)They didn't notice either at the time.
But once it was revealed, they should have pounced on it.
Totally agree with you.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)The problem is, they set the premiums for large pools of people who had pre-existing conditions and - to our utter amazement! - the cost goes up as people use more healthcare service!
The ACA intended to have those offsetting additional expenses ready to go - 'loss corridors' - to reimburse and honor the agreement with the insurers - but the Republicans keep stepping in screwing it up!
Now, they are threatening to cut off the subsidies that cover low-income 'cost-sharing reductions' for deductibles and out-of-pockets which the insurance companies are now forecasting to be added to the premiums, another reason for anticipated increases!
The Republicans have actively worked to make the ACA unaffordable, including with Supreme Court rulings.
It's insane.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)it seems to me that this is the perfect story which would nail the coffin shut on Republican Hypocrasy with thier assonine, rediculous plan.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)in favor of subsidizing insurance companies.
procon
(15,805 posts)If people don't know they can still sign up for Obamacare then the insurance companies won't have a large enough pool to balance their costs. Trump thinks this will force more insurance companies out of participation.
http://fortune.com/2017/01/27/president-trump-obamacare-advertising-cuts-open-enrollment/
Trump also made a 20% cut to the healthcare.gov website where about 10 million Americans go to shop for insurance. That means things services like helping people enroll, running healthcare.gov, outreach and marketing, running the call center, will be reduced or eliminated.
https://www.marketplace.org/2017/05/23/health-care/inside-trumps-budget-big-cut-obamacares-healthcaregov
alarimer
(16,245 posts)As long these fuckers are part of the health care equation, they will have us all over a barrel.
aikoaiko
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