GOP Health Proposal Could Ditch Protections For People Who Are Sick : Shots stat : NPR

The two groups could not agree on details of an earlier health care plan championed by House Speaker Paul Ryan, known as the American Health Care Act. New GOP Health Proposal Could Ditch Protections For People Who Are SickEnlarge this image toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty ImagesHouse Republicans are mulling over new changes to their health care proposal, hoping to wrangle enough votes to pass a bill that would allow them to keep their campaign pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. That's because the American Health Care Act was killed in part because it rolled back Medicaid coverage for millions of low-income people, something moderate Republicans opposed. MacArthur, on his Facebook page, said the plan "will make coverage of pre-existing conditions sacrosanct for all Americans." If states requested waivers, people with pre-existing conditions would likely be covered through state-run high-risk pools, which can be expensive for patients and for taxpayers.




The two groups could not agree on details of an earlier health care plan championed by House Speaker Paul Ryan, known as the American Health Care Act. That's because the American Health Care Act was killed in part because it rolled back Medicaid coverage for millions of low-income people, something moderate Republicans opposed. MacArthur, on his Facebook page, said the plan "will make coverage of pre-existing conditions sacrosanct for all Americans." House Republicans are mulling new changes to their health care proposal, hoping to wrangle enough votes to pass a bill that would allow them to keep their campaign pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. If states requested waivers, people with pre-existing conditions would likely be covered through state-run high-risk pools, which can be expensive for patients and for taxpayers.


The guide explained how people could apply for health insurance, and how their prices might change, depending on their answers to questions. Insurers could charge different prices to customers, depending on their health history. But those insurance plans, designed for very sick and very costly patients, often included high costs, waiting periods and exclusions. And the various plans, freed from standard benefit requirements, often covered substantially different health services. For the patients with conditions that typically knocked them out of the standard market — those with H.I.V., cancer or M.S.


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