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Senate Republicans unveiled a new, improved version of their Affordable Care Act repeal bill Thursday, so the treasure hunt is on: the search for provisions so horrifically inhumane that theyve had to be concealed deep in the measures legislative language and procedural maze.
Weve found quite a few, with the help of professional spelunkers Andy Slavitt, David Anderson, Larry Levitt and others. Here are some of the provisions in the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act, or BCRA, that the Senate GOP really doesnt want you to know about.
The measure kills the birth control and womens health screening requirements. The Affordable Care Act advanced womens healthcare rights immensely by mandating that health plans cover contraceptives, as well as a range of preventive screenings, without deductibles or co-pays. Conservatives have been trying to roll back those guarantees since the ACAs enactment. The new Senate bill eliminates them.
That action is part of the Cruz Amendment, on which more below. It allows states to authorize the sale of health plans that dont include the womens health provisions. Observes Dawn Laguens of Planned Parenthood, Insurance companies would once again be allowed to refuse to cover basic preventive healthcare, as well as charge women co-pays for birth control, immunizations and cancer screenings. She calls this a major step backward for women.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-bcra-20170714-story.html
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)We will not see the size of the Campaign Checks that will or have been cut this week until after September. That will be the next FEC reporting period.
safeinOhio
(32,696 posts)Seems to me the insurance company would save tons of money giving out free birth control. Hell of a lot cheaper than paying for having a baby?
mopinko
(70,141 posts)their bread and butter.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)to a third-world banana republic. We have a completely corrupt Congress and pResident who care only for getting theirs and to hell with the rest of the population.