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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 11:30 PM Feb 2012

What if Dunkin Donuts decided they didn't want their insurance to pay for cholesterol meds?

Or Anheuser-Busch decided no coverage for alcoholism?

Tobacco companies could refuse to cover smoking related cancers.

This is what Roy Blunt will create with his amendment that says any employer or insurance company can refuse to cover anything they say they have a moral objection to.

I have a moral objection to Roy Blunt. He's lucky his amendment hasn't passed and I don't work for an insurance company.

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What if Dunkin Donuts decided they didn't want their insurance to pay for cholesterol meds? (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 OP
Blunt's amendment is pure bluster customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #1
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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
1. Blunt's amendment is pure bluster
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 11:38 PM
Feb 2012

It has no chance of passing in the Senate, and the President would veto such a thing. However, if we get any Repuke, and a turnover in the Senate, well, then all bets are off.

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