Suzanimal
05-06-2017, 04:27 PM
I don't think she understands Robin Hood.
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The additional $8 billion for high-risk pools, added Wednesday at the behest of Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), falls far short of funding needed to protect the millions of patients who would lose access to coverage because they have pre-existing conditions, Pelosi said.
“What you would need is probably about $200 billion over 10 years. What they’ve done is $8 billion over five years. If you divide that by the number of people who have a pre-existing medical condition, you get about [$200 or $300] a year,” Pelosi said during a press conference outside her office in the Capitol.
“It’s a joke. It’s a very sad, deadly joke.”
Pelosi accused the Republicans of trying to jam a repeal-and-replace bill through Congress not for health-related reasons, but to set the stage for a tax reform proposal providing hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts for the rich.
“They’re in a hurry … because they need this money to give a tax break to the wealthiest people in our country. This bill will have the biggest transfer of wealth in the history of our country — Robin Hood in reverse,” she said.
“That is the goal of their tax bill, but they need this money from your healthcare in order to do that.”
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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/331784-pelosi-new-obamacare-repeal-bill-is-a-a-very-sad-deadly-joke
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The additional $8 billion for high-risk pools, added Wednesday at the behest of Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), falls far short of funding needed to protect the millions of patients who would lose access to coverage because they have pre-existing conditions, Pelosi said.
“What you would need is probably about $200 billion over 10 years. What they’ve done is $8 billion over five years. If you divide that by the number of people who have a pre-existing medical condition, you get about [$200 or $300] a year,” Pelosi said during a press conference outside her office in the Capitol.
“It’s a joke. It’s a very sad, deadly joke.”
Pelosi accused the Republicans of trying to jam a repeal-and-replace bill through Congress not for health-related reasons, but to set the stage for a tax reform proposal providing hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts for the rich.
“They’re in a hurry … because they need this money to give a tax break to the wealthiest people in our country. This bill will have the biggest transfer of wealth in the history of our country — Robin Hood in reverse,” she said.
“That is the goal of their tax bill, but they need this money from your healthcare in order to do that.”
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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/331784-pelosi-new-obamacare-repeal-bill-is-a-a-very-sad-deadly-joke