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riversedge

(70,093 posts)
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 10:49 PM Jun 2017

Ron Johnson: People with preexisting condition dont deserve insurance like somebody who crashes t

Source: raw story



25 Jun 2017 at 11:35



During an interview on Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd noted that Republicans in the Senate had held no hearings on their health care bill and so they could not say for sure why insurance companies were abandoning some markets.

Johnson sidestepped the refusal to hold hearings and insisted that he already knows the answer “but nobody wants to talk about it.”

The Wisconsin Republican pointed to Obamacare rules that forbid insurance companies from charging more for people with preexisting conditions.

“We know why those premiums doubled,” he opined. “We’ve done something with our health care system that you would never think about doing, for example, with auto insurance, where you would require auto insurance companies to sell a policy to somebody after they crash their car.”

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/ron-johnson-people-with-preexisting-condition-dont-deserve-insurance-like-somebody-who-crashes-their-car/



Sen Johnson is a cruel man. He is well off and does not know the meaning of not being able to afford health insurance. Human beings are not cars!! Stupid man!! Shame on him.







Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) suggested on Sunday that people with pre-existing conditions deserved to pay more for insurance because they were like cars that had been involved in an automobile accident.
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Ron Johnson: People with preexisting condition dont deserve insurance like somebody who crashes t (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2017 OP
And you don't deserve your seat in congress Matthew28 Jun 2017 #1
Republicans have a pre -existing condition, its called yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #2
When is his ass up for re-election? BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #3
Six years...he was just re-elected. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #5
And now it's in deep shit too thanks to idiots like him. BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #6
Oh, tell me about it... Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #7
milwaukee to the right keroro gunsou Jun 2017 #16
VERY Gerrymandered also! riversedge Jun 2017 #20
You cant gerrymander a Senate seat Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2017 #23
That's our boy... Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #4
Remember that Kathleen Sebelius was Kansas governor greymattermom Jun 2017 #13
Yeah that's my hope. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is a fucking dumpster fire... Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #24
do these stupid fucking repukes even understand the issue? Skittles Jun 2017 #8
He wants special "high risk" insurance TexasBushwhacker Jun 2017 #14
Hey Johnson FU turbinetree Jun 2017 #9
That is just crazy hateful. n/t moonscape Jun 2017 #10
Subhuman GOP'ster vkkv Jun 2017 #11
How did Russ lose to these man? Justice Jun 2017 #12
Let's continue with this analogy. mwooldri Jun 2017 #15
Stolen election in Wisconsin benefited him. He's illegitimate like the Orange Nazi joeybee12 Jun 2017 #17
Auto ins. is not needed to live. Health care insurance IS needed to live. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #18
Rpublicans are taking us back to Junk Insurance. riversedge Jun 2017 #25
Some day, I hope he meets up with Karma. riversedge Jun 2017 #19
Evil bastard. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #21
Insurance Corporations didn't abandon offering" TV ad plans" and thousands of "Plans" on search. Sunlei Jun 2017 #22
He should meet my daughter cyclonefence Jun 2017 #26
You're right atreides1 Jun 2017 #27
Uninformed, heartless bastard DesertRat Jun 2017 #28
Ron Johnson is having a telephone town hall today DesertRat Jun 2017 #29
This is what for profit healthcare gets you Bradical79 Jun 2017 #30
 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
7. Oh, tell me about it...
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 11:21 PM
Jun 2017

I'm still here (hence the name) and this place (Wisconsin) looks NOTHING like the state I grew up in. We're basically Kansas now.

keroro gunsou

(2,223 posts)
16. milwaukee to the right
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 08:04 AM
Jun 2017

la crosse to the left, madison in the middle. the rest of the state: fucking alabama.

riversedge

(70,093 posts)
20. VERY Gerrymandered also!
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 11:30 AM
Jun 2017



@SenRonJohnson: Teabag, WI People with preexisting condition don't deserve insurance like somebody who crashes t https://nyti.ms/2t8ytmo
 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
4. That's our boy...
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 11:03 PM
Jun 2017

good ol' Senator Dumbass.

I don't know what I'm more embarrassed about- Johnson beating Feingold, twice, or electing Scott Kevin Walker three times.

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
13. Remember that Kathleen Sebelius was Kansas governor
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 02:56 AM
Jun 2017

and now the Republican legislature finally stopped the Brownback agenda. Maybe there's hope in Wisconsin.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
24. Yeah that's my hope. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is a fucking dumpster fire...
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 12:55 PM
Jun 2017

the only real hope in the short run is Republicans actually governing in such a way as to (at least try to) help people in this state.

Long term, the party apparatus needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Way too much entrenched "old guard" who are way more concerned with their position in the party than actually reversing our ten-year losing streak to the Repubs.

Skittles

(153,122 posts)
8. do these stupid fucking repukes even understand the issue?
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 11:29 PM
Jun 2017

people with pre-existing conditions CANNOT AFFORD INSURANCE when private insurance have their way - even if they can afford it one year, the companies HIKE THE PREMIUMS until they are FORCED OUT

WHAT DO REPUKES THINK PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET HEALTH INSURANCE NEED TO DO?

the answer is pretty obvious, they can either DIE or "USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM", like pre-ACA

THESE REPUKE BASTARDS DO NOT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT PEOPLE, AND THEY HAVE THE UTTER GALL TO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS

turbinetree

(24,685 posts)
9. Hey Johnson FU
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 11:32 PM
Jun 2017

FU, FU, FU.......................

I can't get a license plate to put on my car unless I have insurance ass****, and I have to prove that I have it, or I can't drive the car, and if I do drive the car without insurance ass**** and have an accident, I could lose my house, my paycheck, and I can go to f**** jail.

Is that rock between your ears, just to hold up a piss ant, making an ass out of himself, apparently so

So you think in your esteem logic of sh*t, that people with disabilities and such, are like cars

and as for f***ing premium doubling ass****.

Do you remember voting on a budget bill that had a rider placed in there by your f***ing right wing f****ing buddy, that lives in Florida buying boats Marco Rubio, when he put a "RIDER" in the budget the bill to f***k taxpayers out having the government subsidize health insurance.

All you have to do there sunshine is type it in google: (Rubio and Budget Rider to attack Obamacare), if you don't or can't understand it, get one of your lackey staff members, that can read to explain it to you.

And since old Toodles didn't ask you that f***king question he is just about as worthless as you are, just so that he could have had to remind the television audience of the "WHY" this country is turning into a sh*t hole, is because of that RIDER on health insurance

“We know why those premiums doubled,” he opined. “We’ve done something with our health care system that you would never think about doing, for example, with auto insurance, where you would require auto insurance companies to sell a policy to somebody after they crash their car.”



mwooldri

(10,301 posts)
15. Let's continue with this analogy.
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 07:31 AM
Jun 2017

How many cars can you buy that are a) brand new, b) already crashed during manufacture, c) required you to take possession of said wrecked car and d) required you to make repairs before you could use said vehicle? That's the closest to being born with a pre-existing condition I can think of.

Also continuing along this line: the ACA requires everyone to have health insurance. It's replacements strip away this requirement. It's a bit like legalising people to drive without auto insurance.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
18. Auto ins. is not needed to live. Health care insurance IS needed to live.
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 09:20 AM
Jun 2017

Are we a country that endorses life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

This is what happens when health care is a for-profit BUSINESS.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
22. Insurance Corporations didn't abandon offering" TV ad plans" and thousands of "Plans" on search.
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 12:15 PM
Jun 2017

Insurance Corporations & Republicans just don't want to list on healthcare.gov because-

Healthcare.GOV has consumer protections & consumer "help" so Insurance Corps can't "trick the sick" as easy.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
26. He should meet my daughter
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 01:47 PM
Jun 2017

who was born with a rare genetic disorder undetectable before birth. Wonder who crashed *her* fucking car.

atreides1

(16,067 posts)
27. You're right
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 02:00 PM
Jun 2017

Johnson is a cruel man, who was elected by people just as cruel if not worse!

But the irony here is that some of those people have pre-existing conditions or they know someone who does...and they'll get a bite of the same shit sandwich that they believed was meant for others!!!

I feel no empathy for people who voted for Johnson...I just hope they go quietly!!!



 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
30. This is what for profit healthcare gets you
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 04:25 PM
Jun 2017

When profits are the sole measure of success, the easiest way for a health insurance company to make money is to tell sick people to fuck off.

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