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| Thema: 750 Prozent | Antwort auf: 24 Millionen von Seriös | |
| >die Versicherung nehmen um 0.2% des BiP nicht an die Armen umverteilen zu müssen, Wahnsinn. Jo, hammerhart. Man fragt sich, wann dort drüben massive Proteste in den Straßen starten. Aber vermutlich ticken die Amis einfach anders. [http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/03/13/republican_plans_could_raise_insurance_premiums_by_750_percent_for_some.html] There are lots of losers under the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, but perhaps nobody would suffer as badly as older Americans who live just above or around the poverty line. According to the new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, that group could see its insurance premiums rise by 750 percent within a decade years under the House GOP's American Health Care Act, compared to what they'd pay under current law for more comprehensive coverage. (...) With Obamacare, a 64-year-old earning $26,500 per year in 2026 — 175 percent of the poverty line — would have to pay $1,700 for insurance, after tax credits. That plan would cover 87 percent of their medical costs, on average. Under the AHCA, or Trumpcare, that same person would owe a full $14,600 after tax credits for a plan that only covers 65 percent of their medical costs. [http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/13/republicans_on_cbo_s_awful_health_care_score_we_ve_got_nothing.html] On Monday afternoon, about one hour after the Congressional Budget Office released its report estimating, among other unwelcome pieces of news, that 24 million more people would be uninsured under the American Health Care Act, Republican Sen. Roy Blunt stepped off the subway at the Capitol. When he caught sight of several reporters waiting to ask him about it, he promptly began walking back the way he came, down the tunnel footpath. When a reporter caught up to the fleeing senator, he changed his mind and decided to proceed to the Senate after all. That didn’t mean that he — like most of his Senate colleagues — would have much to say. “I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet,” he said. Sen. Orrin Hatch had not had a chance to look at it. When I relayed the 24 million figure to him, he simply offered, “That’s what it says.” In his flattest voice, Sen. Ted Cruz repeated several times, to several different questions, that he was still “reviewing the report.” Sen. Chuck Grassley hadn’t looked. Sen. Jeff Flake hadn’t looked. Sen. Roger Wicker hadn’t looked. Sen. Tom Cotton, asked if he’d had a chance to read it, replied, “It’s long!” It comes as little surprise that Senate Democrats did find the time to either read or brief themselves on CBO’s findings. “Legislation that would throw 24 million people off of health insurance, raise premiums for older, low-income Americans, while at the same time providing $285 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, is a disgusting and immoral piece of legislation that should not go forward,” Bernie Sanders — who in fact rarely speaks to reporters in the Capitol — said, before walking into the Senate. “If this legislation is passed, there is no question: Thousands of Americans will die — will die — because they will not be able to go to the doctor when they need to.” For most of the quiet Republicans, not having had a chance to read the CBO report is a justifiable excuse — an hour or 90 minutes after it’s come out. That gets them through the day. By the next time they’re in session, they’ll have to start saying that they can’t read. Trump und das Weiße Hause halten sich ja derzeit noch komplett bedeckt und ziemlich raus aus der Nummer. John Oliver hat trotzdem wieder den Catheter Cowboy losgeschickt. "You get that, right?" ***Diese Nachricht wurde von membran am 14.03.2017 10:06 bearbeitet.*** |
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