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HooBear

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Newt pushed it really hard. Heritage developed it. And Romney enacted it.


All Republicans, and yes, the key elements of the bill were all the same:

1. Coverage for pre-existing conditions...which requires
2. Community rating (most and least expensive rates relatively close)...and
3. Individual mandates to get healthier people in the pool...which requires
4. Subsidies so that the poor can afford individual mandates (even when healthy) and
5. Penalties (through taxation) to make sure people don't free ride until they need coverage.

If you're not doing single payer, this is almost the only other way to even get close to universal access and affordability. I don't know if there was an employer mandate in the GOP versions, and you can certainly make it work without any employer mandate or role. But the core elements of a non-single payer plan that results in everyone having access to health care that they can afford are all the same.

(In response to this post by Hoo23)

Posted: 06/27/2018 at 01:51AM



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SCOTUS destroying consumer protections today, too -- WahooMatt05 06/26/2018 1:37PM
  I think the ruling was the opposite -- WahooMatt05 06/26/2018 5:03PM
  No problem -- WahooMatt05 06/26/2018 9:09PM
  You're a good person 81. For a hokie :>) ** -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 8:46PM
  I think Matt is right -- NJHoo 06/26/2018 8:45PM
  They all thought SHE would win. ** -- ConnHoo 06/26/2018 9:12PM
  Radical transformation? lol ** -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 3:32PM
  ...actually it was fundamentally transform...my bad ** -- Tuckahokie 06/26/2018 3:50PM
  Perhaps you would share with us what fundamental -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 3:55PM
  What law and proclomation was that? ** -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 4:08PM
  I am referring of course to DACA -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 4:18PM
  Well I assumed it was that or pot or immigration -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 8:21PM
  Was it? ** -- 111Balz 06/27/2018 08:35AM
  Es diferente ** -- WahooMatt05 06/26/2018 5:36PM
  Time and tide wait for no man ** -- Hoo TV 06/26/2018 3:27PM
  They certainly did -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 3:25PM
  Sure the citizens should decide by -- walkthecorner 06/26/2018 3:37PM
  I am sure this a gotcha moment but -- walkthecorner 06/26/2018 4:23PM
  Unfortunately, both are problematic -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 4:24PM
  I agree was off the cusp response since -- walkthecorner 06/26/2018 5:10PM
  Agreed. ** -- Hokie5150 06/26/2018 4:56PM
  Uh, that's not what that law did -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 3:03PM
  Sorry for the late reply -- BonsackHoo 06/27/2018 6:29PM
  Seems fair to get rid of that law too -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 3:31PM
  Because.....freedom. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/26/2018 3:49PM
  I sure don't think there are. I just said "if." -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 3:46PM
  Because this is about giving people in crisis -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 4:07PM
  No, why would you ask that? ** -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 8:22PM
  Because it's about giving people in crisis -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 10:13PM
  Lots of forced speech is required -- WahooMatt05 06/26/2018 3:16PM
  Big difference -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 06/26/2018 3:23PM
  Maybe Planned Parenthood v Casey is a better example -- WahooMatt05 06/26/2018 4:58PM
  So do you look that up in the yellow pages? ** -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 8:25PM
  Www.plannedparenthood.org -- BocaHoo91 06/26/2018 8:32PM
  Glad to see we agree ** -- BocaHoo91 06/26/2018 8:40PM
  Hey, that's great! ** -- 111Balz 06/26/2018 8:41PM
  Boo hoo snowflake ** -- TomKazanski 06/26/2018 2:22PM
  What makes it a horrible decision? ** -- Hokie5150 06/26/2018 3:30PM

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