{"id":5829,"date":"2017-05-02T13:27:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=5829"},"modified":"2017-05-02T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:27:53","slug":"whats-in-the-gop-health-care-bill-who-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/whats-in-the-gop-health-care-bill-who-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in the GOP Health Care Bill?  Who Cares?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4B5qJ_KbOe8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JOHN DICKERSON: So tell me what in the bill you&#8217;ve been negotiating to get&#8211;<\/li>\n<li>PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: But let me&#8211;<\/li>\n<li>JOHN DICKERSON: &#8211;in that helps your supporters. I&#8217;m just trying to get the details of how your people&#8211;<\/li>\n<li>PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Let me just tell you.<\/li>\n<li>JOHN DICKERSON: &#8211;will be helped.<\/li>\n<li>PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I just watched another network than yours, and they were saying, &#8220;Pre-existing is not covered.&#8221; Pre-existing conditions are in the bill. And I mandate it. I said, &#8220;Has to be.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;but pre-existing conditions are explicitly NOT covered in the latest version of the GOP Health Care bill. \u00a0It was the allowing of waivers, so states can opt to let insurers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gop-health-care-plan-gets-backing-freedom-caucus-after-changes-n751356\">charge more to people with pre-existing conditions<\/a> that got the GOP Freedom Caucus to support the latest version of the bill. \u00a0Does the president not understand this?<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just one example.<\/p>\n<p>He appears not to understand what is in the bill, and appears not to care that he doesn&#8217;t understand. \u00a0He&#8217;s pushing\u00a0for its passage anyway, and promising heaven if it passes.<\/p>\n<p>What are we to make of a president who is unconcerned at the gaping chasm between the words that come from his mouth and anything happening in the actual world that we all inhabit?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More reading on the GOP&#8217;s health care mischief-making:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=washingtonmonthly.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonmonthly.com\/2017\/05\/01\/quick-takes-trump-doesnt-know-whats-in-the-gop-healthcare-bill-or-doesnt-care\/\">Washington Monthly | Quick Takes: Trump Doesn\u2019t Know What\u2019s In the GOP Healthcare Bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.vox.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2017\/4\/30\/15492354\/trump-ahca-interview\">An interview suggests Trump doesn&#8217;t know what&#8217;s in his health bill &#8211; Vox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-health-care.html?ribbon-ad-idx=10&amp;rref=politics&amp;module=ArrowsNav&amp;contentCollection=Politics&amp;action=keypress&amp;region=FixedLeft&amp;pgtype=article\">Pushing for Vote on Health Care Bill, Trump Seems Unclear on Its Details &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=talkingpointsmemo.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/dc\/obamacare-subsidies-gop-derp\">We\u2019re Back To GOP Derp Square One On Key Obamacare Subsidies \u2013 Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/27\/us\/politics\/republicans-propose-short-term-funding-plan-to-avert-shutdown.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=first-column-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news&amp;_r=0\">Health Law Repeal Will Miss Trump\u2019s 100-Day Target Date &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2017\/04\/28\/the-gops-latest-repeal-effort-just-collapsed-the-reason-why-is-simpler-than-you-think\/?utm_term=.12dd831dfa11&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;wpmm=1\">The GOP\u2019s latest repeal effort just collapsed. The reason is simpler than you think. &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=twitter.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEPFuller\/status\/857433930101817348\">Matt Fuller on Twitter: &#8220;You know what, I&#8217;m going to go ahead and refute this MacArthur propaganda point by point, because you don&#8217;t get to make up your own facts.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=twitter.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonaldKlain\/status\/857064884139433984\">Ronald Klain on Twitter: &#8220;New GOP bill allows insurance co&#8217;s to strip families&#8217; benefits under ACA &#8211; except for Congress &amp; their families: https:\/\/t.co\/V6K8AJxV0I&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2017\/04\/poll-america-hates-the-very-idea-of-trump-health-care-plan.html?mid=full-rss-nymag\">Poll: America Hates the Very Idea of Trump Health-Care Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2017\/04\/26\/the-white-house-just-ratcheted-up-its-threat-to-destroy-obamacare-a-dem-aide-says\/?utm_term=.20112ad81a66\">The White House just ratcheted up its threat to destroy Obamacare, a Democratic aide says &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/gop-leaders-downplay-revisions-to-health-care-bill-offered-by-house-moderate\/2017\/04\/20\/3890a8f8-25d7-11e7-bb9d-8cd6118e1409_story.html?utm_term=.f8370ec38761\">White House turns up heat on Congress to revise the Affordable Care Act &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2017\/04\/20\/the-gop-has-a-new-plan-to-destroy-obamacare-its-even-crueler-than-the-last-one\/?utm_term=.cd2a8e0f41c4&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;wpmm=1\">The GOP has a new plan to destroy Obamacare. 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