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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Promises Americans Will Be Able To Keep Current Medical Conditions If Obamacare Repealed
http://www.theonion.com/article/gop-promises-americans-will-be-able-keep-current-m-54995<snip>
WASHINGTONIn an effort to reassure citizens ahead of a planned effort to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, Republican congressional leaders promised Monday that Americans would still be able to keep their current medical conditions if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. Whatever health problem you have right now, you will absolutely still be allowed to continue having it once Obamacare has been dismantled, said House Speaker Paul Ryan, adding that the repeal of the landmark healthcare legislation would in no way prevent patients from maintaining their existing medical issues or even adding to their afflictions. Lets say you have lymphoma. Under our plan, you can still have lymphoma. You could even expand on that into other forms of cancer. In fact, for the vast majority of Americans, repealing Obamacare will actually increase the number of significant medical conditions available to them. Ryan added that under the new system, millions of Americans would also see a 100 percent reduction in their health insurance premiums, copays, and coverage.
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GOP Promises Americans Will Be Able To Keep Current Medical Conditions If Obamacare Repealed (Original Post)
malaise
Jan 2017
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(52,442 posts)1. sad thing is, i can see them spinning this as their solution
malaise
(269,259 posts)2. Lady BlahBlah's death panels
are coming - or not.
unblock
(52,442 posts)3. who needs panels when you've got death himself?
eniwetok
(1,629 posts)4. universal access to unafordable insurance! n/t
central scrutinizer
(11,666 posts)5. God damn it!
I was hoping my wife's pancreatic cancer would be in remission. Thanks, Obama!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,773 posts)6. Really??!! Even the pre-existing ones??!!
malaise
(269,259 posts)7. Mostly those
and anything else that now exists
MistakenLamb
(546 posts)8. the line between satire and real life is blurring more
between the Onion and The New Yorker I can't tell what is real or satire with Trump and the Republicans anymore
malaise
(269,259 posts)9. Isn't that the truth
Welcome to Du
Vinca
(50,323 posts)10. Maybe the dim bulbs will wake up when the doctor prescribes chemo to keep them alive,
but they don't have insurance coverage and can't afford the treatment. Guess it's time to invest in coffin companies.
Bengus81
(6,936 posts)11. WTF!! I thought this was a joke thread.....
Yep,under Trump Care you will still have stage 2 cancer but unlike ACA your now shi$ out of luck because you can't afford the premiums. But...you can keep your cancer!!
malaise
(269,259 posts)12. Well if they convinced you that the ACA was not the same as Obamacare
ignorance won't save your sorry ass