Why do Republicans want to kill the Healthcare Exchanges

[Katzndogz]

They will help people who need insurace, they are popular with the people....why are Republicans so intent on blocking peoples access to exchanges?

"Why do Republicans want to kill the Healthcare Exchanges?" - Because if and when they are set up they will succeed...succeed in enslaving a free people by keeping them happy and healthy and goddamnit, we are Americans and we can't have that kind of German and Swiss socialism succeeding here in America!

Neither of which has a socialized program than this one. If we had the German model we would be better off.

 

[rightwinger]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

 

[Dot Com]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

simple- because its a Democrat-sponsored law.

 

[RKMBrown]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

The issue is not whether or not uninsured should have access to an insurance pool. The issue is whether or not the tax payers should foot the bill for up to 100% of their insurance premiums. We already have medicaid for the poor. Why should we pay for insurance premiums for people that make up to 90k (four (4) times the poverty level) a year? Why?

Additionally, why should citizens who have paid for insurance their whole lives be punished by having to foot the bill in higher premiums for people who wait to get insurance till they have an expensive pre-existing condition?

 

[peach174]

Why do Republicans want to kill the Healthcare Exchanges? Because it was proposed and passed by Obama and the Democrats.

If the situation were reversed they would be cheering it for all it's worth.

Tea Party Republicans would still be fighting the old guard Republicans, because we can't afford another big huge Government Program.
CBO's newest estimates 1.85 Trillion (minimum) dollars over ten years.

 

[BreezeWood]

Why do Republicans want to kill the Healthcare Exchanges

It's easier than offering an alternative.

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[Wolfsister77]

It's so strange because the healthcare exchanges is a Republican idea. Do they have a better idea now? Lets see it.

 

[rightwinger]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

The issue is not whether or not uninsured should have access to an insurance pool. The issue is whether or not the tax payers should foot the bill for up to 100% of their insurance premiums. We already have medicaid for the poor. Why should we pay for insurance premiums for people that make up to 90k (four (4) times the poverty level) a year? Why?

Additionally, why should citizens who have paid for insurance their whole lives be punished by having to foot the bill in higher premiums for people who wait to get insurance till they have an expensive pre-existing condition?

Nowhere in the bill does it provide for the taxpayers to foot the bill for the uninsured. We have always provided assistance to those who cannot afford insurance. Medicaid has been around for 50 years. We have also foot the bill for emergency room care for those who lack insurance or the ability to pay. Healthcare Exchanges are a much cheaper alternative to emergency rooms.

The idea is that everyone is covered including those with pre-existing conditions. The pool of insured should include all Americans, not just those with the good fortune to be healthy

 

[peach174]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

The American people opposed it also when the Republicans proposed it.

 

[RKMBrown]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

The issue is not whether or not uninsured should have access to an insurance pool. The issue is whether or not the tax payers should foot the bill for up to 100% of their insurance premiums. We already have medicaid for the poor. Why should we pay for insurance premiums for people that make up to 90k (four (4) times the poverty level) a year? Why?

Additionally, why should citizens who have paid for insurance their whole lives be punished by having to foot the bill in higher premiums for people who wait to get insurance till they have an expensive pre-existing condition?

Nowhere in the bill does it provide for the taxpayers to foot the bill for the uninsured. We have always provided assistance to those who cannot afford insurance. Medicaid has been around for 50 years. We have also foot the bill for emergency room care for those who lack insurance or the ability to pay. Healthcare Exchanges are a much cheaper alternative to emergency rooms.

The idea is that everyone is covered including those with pre-existing conditions. The pool of insured should include all Americans, not just those with the good fortune to be healthy

Make up your mind. Either we don't need Obama Care because we already have medicaid and free emergent care. Or we do need Obama Care to screw over our insurance system even more than it has already been screwed over by the so called free hospital care we have been forced to pay for since Clinton.

Not only should we kill Obama Care, but we should also kill the free hospital emergency care.

You say there are no subsidies in Obama Care? WTF are you smoking?

http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/21/news/economy/obamacare-subsidies/index.html

Where do you think the subsidies are coming from? Who do you think is gonna pay for the pre-existing conditions? Why should they get discounted health care for pre-existing conditions? Why should I have to pay for some fat ass democrat to sit on their butt their whole lives on welfare to get diabetes, followed by heart failure, followed by kidney and liver failure?

It's people like you that screw up peoples lives by coddling them.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Short answer TC:

ITS KILLING OUR ECONOMY

 

[BlindBoo]

The Exchanges will be to healthcare what the post office is to mail delivery.

So they will be indispensable to the country as well as a bargain? Good call Frankie!

 

[DiamondDave]

I have still not received a reasonable response

Healthcare Exchanges allow the uninsured to create a pool of insured to compete as a group rather than as an individual. This pooling of applicants allows them to demand better insurance rates.

Republicans once proposed this as the solution to our healthcare problems and now are shutting down government to block Americans from using them

Why do Republicans oppose Exchanges....Not Obamacare...but the exchanges?

Again

Not the job of government

Should people be allowed to negotiate group rates thru whatever groups they form?? (HOA, Bowling league, Elks club, or whatever else) Yep... That does not give government the power to do it for them

 

[peach174]

It's so strange because the healthcare exchanges is a Republican idea. Do they have a better idea now? Lets see it.

They did and still do have many.
It takes away the power of the Government so it was rejected.
This is about Government Control and not what is good for the Economy and the people.

A reformed Medicare will give seniors choice, flexibility
Give older Americans access to the insurance plan Congress has, including medical savings accounts. Build on the strengths of the free market system, offer seniors real choices, and make sure there are incentives for the private sector to develop drugs. No more one-size-fits-all. Medicare also needs new measures of solvency. We must reduce the administrative complexities. A reformed Medicare program will provide reimbursement at levels that will permit providers to continue to care for patients.

Give individuals tools to manage their own health needs
Individuals should be free to manage their own health needs through Flexible Savings Accounts (FSAs) and Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs). These initiatives make a government takeover of health care as anachronistic as surgery without anesthesia. Individuals should be able to roll over excess FSA dollars from one year to the next, instead of losing their unspent money at the end of each year. MSAs should be a permanent part of tax law, offered to all workers without restriction.

 

[rightwinger]

Short answer TC:

ITS KILLING OUR ECONOMY

How does setting up an insurance exchange kill our economy?

They are more efficient than a bunch of individuals looking for private insurance

 

[Vox]

They will help people who need insurace, they are popular with the people....why are Republicans so intent on blocking peoples access to exchanges?

No they would not. They will kill the employer-sponsored insurance( which is already happening) and severely damage the options of healthcare for all Americans. Which is already happening as well.

This crap has to be repealed, defunded or killed in any other possible way.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Short answer TC:

ITS KILLING OUR ECONOMY

How does setting up an insurance exchange kill our economy?

They are more efficient than a bunch of individuals looking for private insurance

What is that exchange tied to?

 

[rightwinger]

They will help people who need insurace, they are popular with the people....why are Republicans so intent on blocking peoples access to exchanges?

No they would not. They will kill the employer-sponsored insurance( which is already happening) and severely damage the options of healthcare for all Americans. Which is already happening as well.

This crap has to be repealed, defunded or killed in any other possible way.

Healthcare exchanges provide a pool for those who are self employed or whose employers do not provide insurance

How do they kill employer-sponsored insurance?

 

[rightwinger]

Short answer TC:

ITS KILLING OUR ECONOMY

How does setting up an insurance exchange kill our economy?

They are more efficient than a bunch of individuals looking for private insurance

What is that exchange tied to?

Not an answer...try again

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Why do Democrats want to be exempt from ObamaCare?

None of the politicians who passed it want it

None of the Union who vote multiple times for Democrats want it

WTF

ObamaCare for thee but not for me?