Friday, May 05, 2017
what is a death panel?
By my count it's 217 votes in the House of Represenatives.
Why? Because people can die from having no treatment for pre-existing conditions.
To my way of thinking a womb is a pre-existing condition, but a penis is not.
It also looks like The House doesn't consider this bill good enough for themselves or their families, because they have exempted themselves from it.
So , how happy are you with the idiot in the White House and his Republican cronies who will be condemning million to a slow death?
Why? Because people can die from having no treatment for pre-existing conditions.
To my way of thinking a womb is a pre-existing condition, but a penis is not.
It also looks like The House doesn't consider this bill good enough for themselves or their families, because they have exempted themselves from it.
But
what counts as a pre-existing condition? While it depends on the
insurer—they have the right to choose what counts as
"pre-existing"—these ailments and conditions were universally used to
deny people coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit focusing on health care research.
- AIDS/HIV
- Alcohol or drug abuse with recent treatment
- Alzheimer’s/dementia
- Anorexia
- Arthritis
- Bulimia
- Cancer
- Cerebral palsy
- Congestive heart failure
- Coronary artery/heart disease, bypass surgery
- Crohn’s disease
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Hemophilia
- Hepatitis
- Kidney disease, renal failure
- Lupus
- Mental disorders (including Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia)
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Obesity
- Organ transplant
- Paraplegia
- Paralysis
- Parkinson’s disease
- Pending surgery or hospitalization
- Pneumocystic pneumonia
- Pregnancy or expectant parent (includes men)
- Sleep apnea
- Stroke
- Transsexualism
But
Cynthia Cox, Kaiser's associate director, notes that the above list is a
conservative sampling of all of the issues and maladies that insurers
could count as pre-existing conditions. " There are plenty of other
conditions, even acne or high blood pressure, that could have gotten
people denied from some insurers but accepted and charged a higher
premium by other insurers" says Cox.
Here are some examples of those other conditions that experts have noted could hike premiums:
- Acid Reflux
- Acne
- Asthma
- C-Section
- Celiac Disease
- Heart burn
- High cholesterol
- Hysterectomy
- Kidney Stones
- Knee surgery
- Lyme Disease
- Migraines
- Narcolepsy
- Pacemaker
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Seizures
- "Sexual deviation or disorder"
- Ulcers
The left-leaning Center for American Progress notes
that high blood pressure, behavioral health disorders, high
cholesterol, asthma and chronic lung disease, and osteoarthritis and
other joint disorders are the most common types of pre-existing
conditions.
Just how expensive are pre-existing conditions? A recent report
from the Center for American Progress found that insurers could charge
people with metastatic cancer as much as $142,650 more for their
coverage, a 3,500% increase.So , how happy are you with the idiot in the White House and his Republican cronies who will be condemning million to a slow death?
