Childhood cancer survivor wonders why trump wants to her and those like her

[pknopp]

In the mean time, JimH52 is on the side that supports the cold-blooded murder of thousands of children every day, over a million a year, via abortion. And unlike his complaint, this is not a matter of dispute over which political ideology is better at seeking treatment for children with life-threatening illnesses; it is a matter of deliberately choosing to kill innocent children.

JimH52 has no credibility whatsoever in claiming any concern for the lives or well-being of children.

Take it up with him, not me.

 

[DGS49]

Just because a government program benefits a lot of people (in a country of 350 million, including illegals), doesn't mean that it is a "good" program, or that it is a Constitutional program, or that the taxpayers can afford it without borrowing trillions from the Chinese.

Consider the $5,000 Visa cards that are reportedly being handed to the hordes of illegals who are being welcomed at our southern border. Those cards help A LOT OF PEOPLE, don't they? Those people would be much worse off without the cards, wouldn't they? But where does Congress get the power to give taxpayer funds to criminals (jumping our border is a crime)? Nowhere.

ACA is an unconstitutional law that was sold to the American people on a pack of lies. Furthermore, it stands historical principles of INSURANCE on their figurative heads. Rather than having insurers take clients at random with some reasonable preconditions (insurance is a BUSINESS, after all), ACA says that insurers MUST take clients whom it knows are awful risks - they will be claiming mountainous medical costs for as long as they live. And because the insurance companies are compelled by law to take these "high risk" clients, EVERYBODY ELSE MUST PAY MORE FOR THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. "We" did not save $2,500 a year on health insurance premiums every year, did we? In fact, we are paying more than ever (although for most people, their employers are paying the higher premiums our of their earnings).

But ACA has put congressional Republicans in an untenable position. They don't want to craft a "replacement" for O'Bamacare, because the replacement would also necessarily be unconstitutional and just as bad fiscally. The American people WANT the insurance companies to be forced to accept high-risk patients, and they WANT to have no lifetime caps on coverage. So when Republicans are forced to talk about their coming replacement for ACA, all they can say is, "Whatever we do, people with pre-existing conditions will be protected, and there will be no lifetime caps."

Trump is a populist, and has no interest in articulating this conundrum or how it will be resolved. He knows that his primary constituents want to hear that ACA will be repealed, so that's what he says. And of course, that's what the stupid linked article latches onto. They won't be troubled to report the aforementioned Republican promise.

File this along with all of the phony headlines about Republicans cutting Social Security and Medicare. They are all bullshit, but people are stupid enough to believe it.

 

[JimH52]

Just because a government program benefits a lot of people (in a country of 350 million, including illegals), doesn't mean that it is a "good" program, or that it is a Constitutional program, or that the taxpayers can afford it without borrowing trillions from the Chinese.

Consider the $5,000 Visa cards that are reportedly being handed to the hordes of illegals who are being welcomed at our southern border. Those cards help A LOT OF PEOPLE, don't they? Those people would be much worse off without the cards, wouldn't they? But where does Congress get the power to give taxpayer funds to criminals (jumping our border is a crime)? Nowhere.

ACA is an unconstitutional law that was sold to the American people on a pack of lies. Furthermore, it stands historical principles of INSURANCE on their figurative heads. Rather than having insurers take clients at random with some reasonable preconditions (insurance is a BUSINESS, after all), ACA says that insurers MUST take clients whom it knows are awful risks - they will be claiming mountainous medical costs for as long as they live. And because the insurance companies are compelled by law to take these "high risk" clients, EVERYBODY ELSE MUST PAY MORE FOR THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. "We" did not save $2,500 a year on health insurance premiums every year, did we? In fact, we are paying more than ever (although for most people, their employers are paying the higher premiums our of their earnings).

But ACA has put congressional Republicans in an untenable position. They don't want to craft a "replacement" for O'Bamacare, because the replacement would also necessarily be unconstitutional and just as bad fiscally. The American people WANT the insurance companies to be forced to accept high-risk patients, and they WANT to have no lifetime caps on coverage. So when Republicans are forced to talk about their coming replacement for ACA, all they can say is, "Whatever we do, people with pre-existing conditions will be protected, and there will be no lifetime caps."

Trump is a populist, and has no interest in articulating this conundrum or how it will be resolved. He knows that his primary constituents want to hear that ACA will be repealed, so that's what he says. And of course, that's what the stupid linked article latches onto. They won't be troubled to report the aforementioned Republican promise.

File this along with all of the phony headlines about Republicans cutting Social Security and Medicare. They are all bullshit, but people are stupid enough to believe it.

The ACA has passed the USSC. A lot typing that says nothing. You MAGA freaks don't know when to shut up.

 

[Greenbeard]

The American people WANT the insurance companies to be forced to accept high-risk patients, and they WANT to have no lifetime caps on coverage. So when Republicans are forced to talk about their coming replacement for ACA, all they can say is, "Whatever we do, people with pre-existing conditions will be protected, and there will be no lifetime caps."

Yes, Americans generally seem to want people to be able to get care when they’re sick. That is indeed why the ACA is a good law and why, as you correctly point out, opposition to it has become an “untenable position.”

 

[JimH52]

Yes, Americans generally seem to want people to be able to get care when they’re sick. That is indeed why the ACA is a good law and why, as you correctly point out, opposition to it has become an “untenable position.”

trump threatening to kill it is a stupid move. But it is trump....so

 

[jotathought]

Yes, Americans generally seem to want people to be able to get care when they’re sick. That is indeed why the ACA is a good law and why, as you correctly point out, opposition to it has become an “untenable position.”

Even before ACA was passed, people were able to get care when they were sick.

 

[Flash]

Is that like Navy Biden wondering why her friends get presents at Christmas and Birthdays from their grandparents but she doesn't?

 

[Greenbeard]

Even before ACA was passed, people were able to get care when they were sick.

Well, no. Hence the ACA’s massively positive effects for people. E.g.,

Yale-led Study Finds the Affordable Care Act Prevented Thousands of Colorectal Cancer Cases and Deaths

Can removing out-of-pocket costs for screening save lives? Screening for cancer and other diseases can identify the disease in its earlier stages of development

ysph.yale.edu

Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion

An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

www.medscape.com

Medicaid expansion linked to lower mortality rates for three major types of cancer

In states that have expanded Medicaid availability as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mortality rates for three major forms of cancer are significantly lower than in states that have not expanded their Medicaid, a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and...

www.dana-farber.org

New research confirms earlier studies showing Medicaid expansion saves lives

For journalists covering the Build Back Better legislation and those in the 12 states that have yet to expand eligibility…

healthjournalism.org

Report: Babies Are More Likely to Die in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid

Infant mortality rates have dropped in expansion states and risen in nonexpansion states.

www.governing.com

Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care

Research Highlights: States that participated in the Medicaid expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act, raising the income level to be eligible for Medicaid up to 138% of the federal poverty level, improved several measures of heart disease care ...

newsroom.heart.org

Health insurance expansion via Obamacare linked to fewer cardiac arrests

The incidence of cardiac arrest significantly decreased among middle-aged adults who acquired health insurance after the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) expanded coverage. Among older adults with constant health insurance coverage, the incidence of cardiac arrest remained the same. These...

www.eurekalert.org

Medical care, health have improved for low-income adults under ACA

The Affordable Care Act's health coverage expansions have produced major improvements in medical care and health for low-income adults, including reduced out-of-pocket spending, better access to primary care and preventive services, improved self-reported health, and improved care for those with...

www.eurekalert.org

 

[jotathought]

Well, no. Hence the ACA’s massively positive effects for people. E.g.,

Well yes . people, like you, seem to get healthcare confused with health insurance / coverage. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, passed in 1986, established that emergency rooms are generally required by law to provide medical care to anyone who seeks treatment, regardless of their ability to pay or their insurance status.

So again .. people were able to seek care before the passage of the ACA.

 

[Greenbeard]

Well yes . people, like you, seem to get healthcare confused with health insurance / coverage. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, passed in 1986, established that emergency rooms are generally required by law to provide medical care to anyone who seeks treatment, regardless of their ability to pay or their insurance status.

So again .. people were able to seek care before the passage of the ACA.

EMTALA requires EDs to stabilize life-threatening conditions, nothing more. There’s a reason the ACA’s coverage expansions massively improved early detection of health conditions, access to ongoing courses of treatment, and ultimately people’s health outcomes.

 

[jotathought]

EMTALA requires EDs to stabilize life-threatening conditions, nothing more. There’s a reason the ACA’s coverage expansions massively improved early detection of health conditions, access to ongoing courses of treatment, and ultimately people’s health outcomes.

Wrong .. it imposes certain obligations on hospitals that go beyond merely stabilizing life-threatening conditions. Things such as providing a medical screening exam and providing the necessary care either until stable or transferring to another clinic that can. This ranges from life-threatening conditions to a common cold / flu. The end goal is stabilizing the patient, and this may include guidance and education for home remedies for minor cases.

Why do you think many emergency rooms were overwhelmed with non-urgent or mild cases prior to passage of the ACA ... hint: because medical attention was required and they didn't have the coverage / finances for clinic or primary care.

 

[Greenbeard]

Wrong .. it imposes certain obligations on hospitals that go beyond merely stabilizing life-threatening conditions. Things such as providing a medical screening exam and providing the necessary care either until stable or transferring to another clinic that can. This ranges from life-threatening conditions to a common cold / flu. The end goal is stabilizing the patient, and this may include guidance and education for home remedies for minor cases.

Why do you think many emergency rooms were overwhelmed with non-urgent or mild cases prior to passage of the ACA ... hint: because medical attention was required and they didn't have the coverage / finances for clinic or primary care.

You don't go to an ED to manage chronic conditions, or treat your cancer, or get preventive care. That's why the coverage expansions under the ACA have improved access to health care and thereby saved lives and improved health. The idea that EDs are a reasonable substitute for access to the entire rest of the health care system is absurd.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Strong argument for why the ACA is good.

No kookbot, the ACA makes me pay for your "free" policy. The strong argument iss for you to geet a job and support yourself for a change.

 

[jbrownson0831]

The repub mantra:

WE GOT IT, YOU DON'T, SCREW YOU.

The jimboliar mantra:

YOU EARNED IT, ITS YOURS, NOW WE ARE TAKING IT BECAUSE WE ARE TOO LAZY TO EARN IT OURSELVES

 

[jbrownson0831]

You don't go to an ED to manage chronic conditions, or treat your cancer, or get preventive care. That's why the coverage expansions under the ACA have improved access to health care and thereby saved lives and improved health. The idea that EDs are a reasonable substitute for access to the entire rest of the health care system is absurd.

Pay for your own plan moocher.

 

[jbrownson0831]

The ACA has passed the USSC. A lot typing that says nothing. You MAGA freaks don't know when to shut up.

Wait...who doesn't know when to shut up jimboliar???

 

[jbrownson0831]

trump threatening to kill it is a stupid move. But it is trump....so

Keep up the great campaigning jimboliar.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

No kookbot, the ACA makes me pay for your "free" policy. The strong argument iss for you to geet a job and support yourself for a change.

Who gets free policies?? Do you understand how insurance works?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

No kookbot, the ACA makes me pay for your "free" policy. The strong argument iss for you to geet a job and support yourself for a change.

What tax changes did the Affordable Care Act make?

www.taxpolicycenter.org

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made several changes to the tax code intended to increase health insurance coverage, reduce health care costs, and finance health care reform.

To increase health insurance coverage, the ACA provided individuals and small employers with a tax credit to purchase insurance and imposed taxes on individuals with inadequate coverage and on employers who do not offer adequate coverage. To reduce health care costs and raise revenue for insurance expansion, the ACA imposed an excise tax on high-cost health plans. To raise additional revenue for reform, the ACA imposed excise taxes on health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and manufacturers of medical devices; raised taxes on high-income families; and in-creased limits on the income tax deduction for medical expenses.

You are not paying for anyone's insurance. Instead of bitching about cost that are not out of your pocket, consider the cost of having large numbers of people wthout insurance, THEN you would pay....in many ways (See post 17) I previously tried to school you on that point but you seem to have a learning disability

And know this too..even if you do not receive a subsidy and did not get your insurance through the ACA, you still benefit from the ACA regulations that prevent the insurers from screwing you

 

[iku]

Opinion | Trump's threat to kill the ACA is a threat to hurt families like mine

Health care is expensive. Nobody denies that. But former President Donald Trump's threat to end the Affordable Care Act wouldn't do anything to address that problem.

www.msnbc.com

trump just cannot let it go. He is determined to place as much pain as possible on those that do not deserve to be punished. He is once again screaming "repeal and replace" when we all know that he has no plan to do anything. trump is not only hurting himself, he is hurting the entire repub party in his quest to kill a successful health insurance program which now enrolls over 40 million people.

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Affordable Care Act took my Doctor away and raised my rates.