Health care lobby mum on repeal

[Joanne98]

Source: Politico


The health care industry’s biggest trade groups have remained uncharacteristically neutral on the Republican effort to repeal the health care reform law, choosing instead to save their political capital for smaller, more targeted changes that have a chance at becoming law.

America’s Health Insurance Plans lobbied against much of the health care overhaul when it was passed in Congress, but it is not supporting the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. The heads of Aetna and Cigna, members of AHIP, have publicly said they do not support efforts to repeal the law.


Still, AHIP spokesman Robert Zirkelbach provided a laundry list of changes.

“While the new law will bring more people into the system, major provisions will raise costs and disrupt the coverage people have today, including new taxes on small-business health insurance; age rating restrictions that will cause premiums to skyrocket for younger workers; and massive Medicare Advantage cuts that will result in higher premiums, reduced benefits and fewer choices for seniors,” he said.




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[fasttense]

1. They love their mandate. n/t

[Vinca]

2. Unless we go to single-payer they're going to screw us over anyway, so they don't care.

[peace13]

3. When this law passed my insurance company billed a 3% surcharge for implementing the mandate!

On top of that my premiums went up 22% in November. Three people insured for $2600.00 per month. Not sure how long we can keep this up!

[dotymed]

4. Mo' money, mo' money

By LAW, this can be their only concern. Doesn't that scream to us, how broken our system is?

[mdmc]

5. ..