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Trump Issues First Veto Threat of His Presidency Against Affordable Health Care and Democratic Senator Running for Re-ElectionBy MATTHEW CHAPMAN ALTERNETOCTOBER 10, 2018 12:12 PM
Trump Threatens to Veto a Resolution by Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin Who's Running for Re-Election
On Tuesday, for the first time ever, President Donald Trump's White House issued a threat to veto a piece of legislation pending in Congress and their choice was revealing.
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Senate Joint Resolution 63, authored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), is a resolution that would repeal the Trump administration's new regulation on unregulated "short-term" health insurance plans. The regulation essentially eliminates the "short-term" aspect of these plans, allowing people to enroll in them year-round for up to three years, despite the fact that these plans do not have to cover essential benefits or protect pre-existing conditions.
In effect, Trump is creating an entirely separate health insurance market of "junk plans" unrelated by the Affordable Care Act, and encouraging healthy people to enroll in those instead, driving up premiums an estimated 1 percentfor people who want proper coverage. For this reason, health experts broadly oppose Trump's regulation, and 16 medical trade groups and patient associations have endorsed Baldwin's resolution.
In addition to Baldwin's resolution, Trump's regulation is also the focus of a lawsuit by 7 health care advocacy and mental health groups, which alleges that "the creation of a parallel individual insurance market consisting of plans that are not subject to the ACA's consumer protection standards" is a violation of the 1946 Administrative Procedure Act.
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https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/10/trump-issues-first-veto-threat-of-his-presidency-against-affordable-health-care-and-democratic-senator-running-for-re-election/
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Trump Issues First Veto Threat of His Presidency -- Against Affordable Health Care & Dem... (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2018
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lark
(23,155 posts)1. drumpf doesn't care about people actually having life-saving insurance, means nothing to him.
He just wants to look good and is looking to implement these programs so he can say I brought you cheaper healthcare, not bothering to mention that it covers exactly nothing by design. It's all just lies for the base.
LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)2. In other words ...
toilet-paper-in-chief has no replacement and certainly not any alternative to Obamacare like he SAID he had, and doesn't give a fuck if people die because they don't have any health insurance
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)3. Trump is a thug.
And not a smart one.