How GOP Governors Paved the Way for the Trumpcare Threat We Face Today

May 11th, 2017

Awake Goy

How GOP Governors Paved the Way for the Trumpcare Threat We Face Today

Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show

New Jersey Congressman Tom MacArthur got a 5 hour talking to by more than 300 of his constituents at a recent town hall meeting.

MacArthur is responsible for penning a new amendment to the original Trumpcare bill that gave states the right to obtain waivers from the federal government’s mandate that insurers offer benefits packages that include things like coverage for ambulances, emergency room visits and pre-natal doctor visits among other things.

The MacArthur amendment also allows states to let insurance corporations charge customers more for their healthcare plans if they have a pre-existing condition.

Town halls have become the Bain of Republicans existence because it is a situation where they have to answer directly to their constituents for their actions.

Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador made the mistake of defending his decision to vote for the House version of Trumpcare when he told town hall attendees that no one dies because of a lack of access to health insurance.

And while Republican lawmakers continue to get an ear full from angry residents in their districts, the insurance industry is preparing for the passage of Trumpcare.

Insurance giant Aetna announced their company will no longer “sell individual coverage in Nebraska and Delaware” after pulling out of several other states over the course of the last year.

The Hartford, another mega-giant insurance corporation, promised in 2016 that they would pull out of 11 states. Now they are leaving Iowa and Virginia as part of their commitment to stop offering their services in states that participate in what is left of Obamacare.

Beyond the health insurance industry’s move out of Obamacare, republican governors added their unique abilities to the mix by refusing to expand Medicaid programs and thereby defunding Obamacare in their states.

Twenty-four republican-controlled states made this decision at the detriment of their residents. In Texas, Medicaid was cut by Governor Greg Abbott which led to the uninsured rates in the Lone Star state rising by 24% within the last 5 years.

Florida claims the award for 3rd largest uninsured population out of all 50 states; while Georgia takes 6th place and North Carolina has forgone upwards of $40 billion in order to keep their residents from taking advantage of Obamacare’s exchanges.

These behind-the-scenes moves to destroy the foundation of Obamacare via refusing to expand Medicaid allowed Republicans to complain publicly about the ACA’s failures (which were manufactured by Republicans in the first place), but it also gave insurance companies the ability to pull out of the exchanges without appearing to be the cause of the problems.

The refusal to expand Medicaid directly resulted in the astronomical rise of premiums and has caused an average of 5,700 to 17,000 preventable deaths per every year those states held out of Obamacare.