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Other members of the GOP Senate conference also appear to be on the fence about voting for the legislation, officially named the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Many of them wavered after an analysis from the nonpartisan CBO released Monday predicted that the BCRA would reduce the number of insured Americans by 22 million in 2026 compared with the current baseline.
originally posted by: UKTruth
Democrats : We'll force you to buy healthcare and then if someone stops forcing you, we'll say they took away your insurance.
originally posted by: UKTruth
Democrats : We'll force you to buy healthcare and then if someone stops forcing you, we'll say they took away your insurance.
originally posted by: veracity
originally posted by: UKTruth
Democrats : We'll force you to buy healthcare and then if someone stops forcing you, we'll say they took away your insurance.
that would be bc the republicans really WILL be taking away insurance to those who have had it, thanks for reiterating that.
Sad that there are people in power that want to do this.
CBO and JCT estimate that, in 2018, 15 million more people would be uninsured under this legislation than under current law—primarily because the penalty for not having insurance would be eliminated.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: veracity
I'll take what I'll get, as long as they get rid of the mandate, I'll be happier than I was.
I'll have to settle for whatever else they do.
Not like I could change things anyway.
Most of the reductions in coverage would stem from repealing the penalty for not having health insurance, the CBO estimates, because people would just drop their insurance plans.
primarily because the penalty for not having insurance would be eliminated.
The revised bill attempts to solve that problem by imposing a penalty on those who don't maintain continuous insurance coverage: People who let their coverage lapse for at least 63 days in one year would be locked out of the insurance market for six months the following year.
www.npr.org...
originally posted by: veracity
a reply to: DBCowboy
But healthcare is expensive. Very expensive.
Insurances is a necessary evil.
Single-payer would fix all of that.
(and buh-bye insurance...I wish i could write that now)