06hawkalum wrote:

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

slugsrbad wrote:Single Individual with Annual Income of $56,800

21 yr old: $5,100 (now), $4,100 (BCRA)
40 yr old: $6,500 (now), $6,400 (BCRA)
64 yr old: $6,800 (now), $20,500 (BCRA) !!!!

That'll kill the senior vote for the GOP and seniors do vote

Will it though?

I think he means quite literally. I was just speaking with my mother-in-law a week or two ago and she had a large complaint about how Obamacare was killing her. You see she used to pay $90 a month for insurance, and now she need to pay $120 a month. I completely understand if that 30% more, but I don't get health insurance for anything near that. Waiting till she gets a load of the idea that she's going to have to pay tens of thousands of dollars a year, rather than $1440. Just think about that for a second $1440 versus $20,000. And we're talking about a woman in her 70s.

To be fair, seniors will not be exposed to age-based hikes if:

A. They have employer based health insurance, or

B. They are enrolled in Medicare.

The folks who get screwed over are the self-employed or early retirees.

If this passes it is going to usher in universal healthcare within the next 20 years.

drsmooth wrote:

06hawkalum wrote:
The folks who get screwed over are the self-employed or early retirees.

If this passes it is going to usher in universal healthcare within the next 20 years.

or people between jobs. Or people who miss a premium payment. Or people who need (or whose parents need) institutional care. Or people who are better (and less expensively) cared for at home than in an institution or... ah, #$!&@ it, it's ridiculous to even have to talk about it

pacino wrote:This needs to be spread far and wide.

thephan wrote:Headline: Poll shows U.S. tumbling in world’s regard under Trump

Obviously this is sort of a no kidding headline. But even the brexit Brits think he's a dangerous moron. Perhaps it's important to recall that this is what Bannon wants.

slugsrbad wrote:Soaring in the motherland though

Soren wrote:My father in law is incredibly poor, forced into early retirement because of a layoff and has a pre existing condition. This bill would probably kill him before his 79th b-day

Slowhand wrote:

Soren wrote:My father in law is incredibly poor, forced into early retirement because of a layoff and has a pre existing condition. This bill would probably kill him before his 79th b-day

79 aint nothin to sneeze at!