States could apply for waivers to allow insurers to offer skimpier policies that don't cover the 10 essential health benefits mandated by Obamacare. Influential Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, a former chairman of the House panel that oversees health care issues, said Tuesday he is against the measure. The GOP health care bill would eliminate Obamacare taxes on the wealthy, insurers and others, and get rid of the individual mandate imposed by Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act. Sources said House leaders are working with members one-by-one to get the votes they need to get to 216. A key GOP source close to the health care process sounded gloomy about the prospects for the repeal and replace bill this week in the House.
Indeed, before these protections, health insurance companies regularly cited "pre-existing conditions" as an excuse to deny claims, hike premiums, or drop patients from their coverage altogether. Earlier this year, President Trump said that health care is complicated. We already know what happens when we don't require insurance companies to cover these basic benefits: they don't provide them. Passing health care reform wasn't easy. Consumers understand how health insurance is supposed to work.
collected by :Lucy William