McCaskill presses Trump official on lawsuit against pre-existing condition protections

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Source: the hill



Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) pressed a top Trump administration official on Tuesday about a lawsuit challenging ObamaCare’s pre-existing condition protections.

McCaskill, who is facing a tough reelection race this year, used a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to press the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about the lawsuit.

“There does not seem to be any sense of urgency about the fact that this lawsuit is moving its way through the courts and could blow up all of the protections,” McCaskill said in questioning CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

“I just want you to walk us down what happens if the administration is successful in their lawsuit,” she told Verma.

Verma responded that she supports protections for people with pre-existing conditions and that if the lawsuit backed by the administration against ObamaCare is successful she would work with Congress to try to reinstate them......................................

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[pecosbob]

1. I think the plan is to not have a plan

they want the government to perpetually exist in a state of disfunctional chaos as evidence of need for dismantling and/or reorganization.

I'm not from Missouri, but personally, I want to cringe every time I read the words 'facing a tough reelection race this year'. It makes me want to tune out, which is what 'they' want.

[nwduke]

2. Oh, Ryan, Donnie and the GOP support protections for pre-existing conditions

it will only cost you $200,000 a year for your premiums, what’s wrong with that? (They say) besides, “I’ve got my insurance”, so too bad for you!

[Freethinker65]

3. Bullshit. They want women and those with pre-existing conditions to pay more

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They want people to think they are saving money and/or getting a better deal by not buying coverage, or buying shitty coverage with no preventative care, when they are healthy. They do not give a damn and have no plans for these same people if they become sick or have an emergency. There will be no affordable plans available.

[rurallib]

5. exactly - and they really hate to be bothered having to answer questions

from the libs about anything.

[skylucy]

4. Oh brother! Yeah...SURE they will...

[oasis]

6. Keep on these harpies to the bitter end.