Insurers send letter demanding removal of Cruz proposal from health care bill

[Bo-4]

Part of me hopes they pass this turd. It will spell doom for the party .. perhaps for a generation.

Good old TeaTed named it the "Consumer Freedom Option". Republicans: Must include word Freedom .. MUST!


America's Health Insurance Plans, the nation's largest industry lobbying group joined with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on Friday night to send a blistering letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., urging him to drop a compromise proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz that the groups say is "unworkable."

The proposal, which was crucial to winning over Cruz's vote, would allow insurers to offer plans that don't comply with most of Obamacare's regulations as long as they offer at least one plan that complies with all of them.

"As the U.S. Senate considers the Better Care Reconciliation Act, we are writing to urge you to strike the 'Consumer Freedom Option' from the bill," the groups wrote, referring to the Cruz amendment. "It is simply unworkable in any form and would undermine protections for those with pre-existing medical conditions, increase premiums and lead to widespread terminations of coverage for people currently enrolled in the individual market."


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in...rticle/2628753

[Casper]

Funny that after 7 years of whining about Obamacare, which has its own flaws, the Repubs have absolutely nothing to replace it with but this same old stale idea which was not popular 8 years ago and as we see is still not popular today, so much so that many Republican Reps will not support it. The downside to having all the Power in government is one can no longer blame the other guys for your own ineptitude. I agree that if the Repubs cannot come up with something that works and does not screw over Millions of Americans, Liberals and Conservatives alike, they will pay a heavy price over the next two elections, anything beyond that would be speculation. I still hold hope for a Common Sense Party to be formed by all the Libs and Cons that feel both Big Parties have become too extreme for their taste.

[Kalkin]

Insurance lobbyists are upset? That's a good thing.

[MisterVeritis]

Repeal Obamacare in its entirety. Replace it with a promise of individual liberty.

[Bo-4]

Funny that after 7 years of whining about Obamacare, which has its own flaws, the Repubs have absolutely nothing to replace it with but this same old stale idea which was not popular 8 years ago and as we see is still not popular today, so much so that many Republican Reps will not support it. The downside to having all the Power in government is one can no longer blame the other guys for your own ineptitude. I agree that if the Repubs cannot come up with something that works and does not screw over Millions of Americans, Liberals and Conservatives alike, they will pay a heavy price over the next two elections, anything beyond that would be speculation. I still hold hope for a Common Sense Party to be formed by all the Libs and Cons that feel both Big Parties have become too extreme for their taste.

They pass this POS and it will piss off everyone .. but two out of three who lose their health care will be Trump voters.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...312-story.html

[Chris]

Terrible thing, isn't it, to give consumers a choice.

[Bo-4]

Repeal Obamacare in its entirety. Replace it with a promise of individual liberty.

Do it .. nothing would make me happier!

[Bo-4]

Insurance lobbyists are upset? That's a good thing.

Nobody in the health care marketplace approves of the McTurtle Plan.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctors-...lth-care-vote/

And reliably Republican voters in rural areas?

Just wait to feel their outrage when their only local hospital is shuttered.

[MisterVeritis]

Repeal Obamacare in its entirety. Replace it with a promise of individual liberty.

Do it .. nothing would make me happier!

Cool. We have agreement. Imagine what will happen when people realize they have escaped yet another radical Progressive trap.

[Peter1469]

Not really.

It would kill O-care, because only the sick, lame, and broke will pick it as something they want.

Part of me hopes they pass this turd. It will spell doom for the party .. perhaps for a generation.

Good old TeaTed named it the "Consumer Freedom Option". Republicans: Must include word Freedom .. MUST!


America's Health Insurance Plans, the nation's largest industry lobbying group joined with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association on Friday night to send a blistering letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., urging him to drop a compromise proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz that the groups say is "unworkable."

The proposal, which was crucial to winning over Cruz's vote, would allow insurers to offer plans that don't comply with most of Obamacare's regulations as long as they offer at least one plan that complies with all of them.

"As the U.S. Senate considers the Better Care Reconciliation Act, we are writing to urge you to strike the 'Consumer Freedom Option' from the bill," the groups wrote, referring to the Cruz amendment. "It is simply unworkable in any form and would undermine protections for those with pre-existing medical conditions, increase premiums and lead to widespread terminations of coverage for people currently enrolled in the individual market."


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in...rticle/2628753