November 10, 2018

Lies about Pre-Existing Conditions

Jack Kemp forwards this:

Why Republicans lost the pre-existing conditions war

From the article:

"For this week's elections, Democrats spent considerable resources attacking Republicans for trying to tamper with Affordable Care Act rules that require insurers to cover preexisting conditions. Now that voters have handed Democrats control of the House, ObamaCare supporters claim the election confirms what nearly every public opinion poll finds: The ACA's preexisting-conditions provisions are popular with voters.

Don't believe it. Truth is, the supposed popularity of the ACA's preexisting-conditions provisions is and always has been a myth.

Polls and attack ads that claim the provisions are popular are based on a fantasy version of these rules that assumes they have no costs. Responsible polls that incorporate the rules known side effects consistently find voters oppose them."

Read the rest.

A word from Tim:

I had excellent insurance until the ADA came along, and now I have to struggle with a very high deductible, am stuck in an over-worked network, and pay more for the privilege. I had a pre-existing condition (well, quite a few actually). While I'm glad I could get covered, the fact was I was covered by better insurance prior to the coming of the ACA.

By the way, here in Missouri Claire McCaskill kept accusing Josh Hawley of wanting to kick sick people off their health plans. She studiously aavoided saying he wanted to end Obamacare. It was a sneaky and underhanded trick, but it almost worked. People are basically lazy and wouldn't bother to look into all this.

2c from Dana Mathewson:

Absolutely. Republicans are still afraid to "talk turkey" to people. Insurers used to steer totally clear from pre-existing conditions. Zippy's idea in including them was to force them out of business and make gummint the single-payer for "health care," and he didn't give a damn that the quality would quickly go into the dumper.


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1 While I'm glad I could get covered, the fact was I was covered by better insurance prior to the coming of the ACA.

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