{"id":27445,"date":"2017-05-05T14:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T21:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27445"},"modified":"2017-05-05T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T21:02:37","slug":"rachel-blasts-republicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/05\/rachel-blasts-republicare\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Blasts RepubliCare"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I reported on the passage of RepubliCare yesterday, I could only guess at the Ramifications.  A day later we’re learning what is actually in there.  The more we learn, the more horrific it becomes, and few people are better at digging out the dirt than Rachel Maddow.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Rachel Maddow could not hold back about the catastrophe that is Trumpcare; the AHCA just passed by the Republicans House of Representatives. Maddow spent the time to detail the pain that the AHCA will inflict on Americans if it ever became the law of the land.<\/p>\n

Maddow explained with numbers the increased in premiums caused by various preexisting conditions\u2026 The premiums would be unaffordable and as such tantamount to not having insurance at all.<\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow details the AHCA’s carnage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maddow then went on to enumerate some of the major draconian features of the bill.<\/p>\n

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  1. States can get waivers which will allow insurance companies to charge more for preexisting conditions. <\/li>\n
  2. States can opt out of rules that require insurance companies from providing some basic services. <\/li>\n
  3. Mental health coverage and drug coverage and other similar services will wither away. <\/li>\n
  4. Insurance companies can charge old people five times more for insurance than they do young people. <\/li>\n
  5. Big companies no longer have to provide health insurance to their employees. <\/li>\n
  6. Hospitals will suffer as they lose revenue from both less insured customers and at the same time they do not recover the reduced fees agreed upon when Obamacare was passed. <\/li>\n
  7. If you are poor and dependent on Medicaid, brace yourself, it will be cut substantially. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Maddow did find one sweet spot in the new bill. If you are rich and you make over $200,000 a year, you will partake of a $300 billion tax cut… [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    Here are two clips from Rachel’s Show<\/a>.  In the first, she looks at key consequences.<\/font><\/p>\n