This Site Mocks The GOP's Obsession With Health Care "Choice"

"When the American Health Care Act tried to pass the House in March, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi put it this way: "[Eliminating] essential health benefits means Republicans are making being a woman a preexisting condition", she said.

Meanwhile, in these uncertain times, Marni Stahlman, president and CEO of Shepherd's Hope free clinics, is one of the few players in the health-care world who has certainty. These are hard issues to resolve, but the GOP has little choice but to act, given the promises the party has made for seven years about getting rid of Obamacare and replacing it with more market-driven reforms. And let all those people scramble to find coverage, if they can.

"If the AHCA were to become law, millions of Americans would lose health insurance coverage, and the safety net provided by Medicaid would be severely eroded", the statement said.

Trump has called Obamacare a "disaster" and congressional Republicans have long targeted the 2010 law, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, calling it government overreach.

Some of the key components of the Affordable Care Act have been the individual mandate - which requires most citizens and legal residents to have health insurance and levies a tax penalty for those who don't - and state health-insurance exchanges (including Covered California) for individual and small-business insurance plans. Prior to Thursday's vote, Bishop Dewane had urged House members to insist on such changes, especially for the sake of those who are struggling.

The change helped get the bill through the House of Representatives in a tight vote Thursday, but experts say it may make little difference in the hunt for affordable coverage for these patients. According to Sister Keehan, the A.H.C.A. -proposed restructuring and cuts to Medicaid "will have devastating consequences for the many poor and vulnerable populations who rely on the program".

The ultimate impact on those with pre-existing conditions remains unknown.

GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan said Obamacare continues to prompt chaos and is collapsing. "What we are doing right now is not working". "I have tremendous satisfaction with owning a business, but I know that if I can't get coverage, I would be forced to get a different job. They are going to be able to have access to affordable health care", she said.

For some consumers, Obamacare has been a lifesaver.

Critics have argued that uncertainty created by Congress over the future of Obamacare is itself contributing to the purported collapse of the A.C.A. It's incredibly disappointing that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle - many of whom have acknowledged the law's failures - refuse to be part of a solution for their constituents who will likely get another notice at the end of the year telling them their premiums have increased yet again or the plan they have no longer exists.

So while a person may be eligible for coverage, they might not be able to afford it. Mr. Connor said the AHCA would provide $8 billion nationwide for pre-existing conditions, which he said is "woefully inadequate".

You probably already knew the AHCA would change a lot about the American health care system. This is really nearly, I would say, a welcome debate. But what I do not understand is how politicians can ignore the needs of the very people they serve in such an egregious and callous way.

If Democrats and progressives would just stick to actual details of the AHCA, they would still have plenty of material to make Republicans look bad (and the same goes for traffic-thirsty bloggers).

Dr. Cervone recalled when Obamacare was first passed and "Republicans were saying people are going to die. You will glow in the dark on this one". She said her her group will work with the Senate and other policymakers to improve the bill.

"This is not the bill we promised the America people".