Rep. Sean Duffy plans to save his newborn's life using pre-existing conditions protections...

[Miles Archer]

Rep. Sean Duffy plans to save his newborn’s life using pre-existing conditions protections he tried to kill



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/rep-sean-duffy-plans-to-save-his-newborns-life-with-pre-existing-conditions-protections-he-tried-to-kill/

Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy (R) announced this week that he is stepping down from his House seat to care for his ninth child who is expected to be born with a heart condition.

Think Progress noted on Tuesday that Duffy and his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, plan to take advantage of the pre-existing conditions protections provided by President Barack Obama’s health care reform law.

Duffy’s child is expected to need surgery soon after birth.

As a congressman, Duffy repeatedly voted to kill the same protections that may now save his child’s life.

During his eight years in Congress, Duffy repeatedly voted to destroy Obamacare and undermine the pre-existing condition protections. He enthusiastically voted for Trumpcare in 2017, which would have made insurance coverage significantly less affordable for those with pre-existing conditions, and just this May he voted against the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019.

[Newest Reality]

1. Because...

Hypocrisy is not just a word, it's a way of life! Vote Republican! Bedbugs for Trump 2020!

[JI7]

2. fuck this couple.

[Coventina]

7. Yup. Their selfish desire to procreate uncontrollably results in

this child's future suffering.

Fuck them indeed.

[dalton99a]

3. NINE kids on taxpayer-funded healthcare.

[Ohiogal]

4. But, they're white

so it’s okay.

[dalton99a]

5. Yep, because welfare queens are black

[kimbutgar]

17. The wife Is of Hispanic organ and some of the kids have brown skin

Let’s just say some white supremist would look down on them.

[TryLogic]

30. Interesting. Which organ?

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Well, he might as well use the provisions that are set up to help his child!

He wasn't able to get rid of those provisions, so why not?

Fucking Hypocrite!

[Crafty Girl]

8. A lot of of people don't understand pre-existing

I worked in group insurance for some years. A child whose parents are covered when he/she is born is automatically covered under the parents insurance. It always has been that way. If this child had been born before Obamacare he/she would still have been covered.

[Lochloosa]

15. Welcome to DU Crafty Girl

[asiliveandbreathe]

16. ....a link woud be helpful..tks..

I did find this little nugget...

https://www.thebalance.com/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions-3306072

Before Obamacare, insurance companies could deny you coverage if you had a pre-existing condition. That affected 50 million people, including 17 million children.

Of those with pre-existing conditions who sought private insurance, 47 percent didn't get it. They were either denied coverage, charged a higher premium, or had their condition excluded because of it.

A child would be covered when born auto coverage, but with a pre-existing condition????

[Crafty Girl]

34. No link, but based on my own experience

Yes, the child would have been covered.

[pnwmom]

24. That was true but there were also lifetime limits that could be eaten up in NICU.

A one year old could end up uninsurable.

[tblue37]

26. But at age 26, if the child wants insurance, too bad. nt

[mercuryblues]

37. Not always

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartFailureNews/newborns-family-learns-pre-existing-conditions-apply-birth/story?id=10218514

Newborn Denied Health Insurance Coverage Days After Life-Saving Heart Surgery
By
lauren cox and lara salahi
March 27, 2010

Houston Tracy, a 12-day-old boy, has already survived a rare birth defect, a feeding tube and open heart surgery. Now his family is waiting to see how the battle with an insurance company will fare.
Last week, Houston's parents found out that the term "pre-existing condition" can apply the moment someone is born.
"When he came out, he made one little cry and he didn't really cry much," said Houston's father, Doug Tracy, 39, of Crowley, Texas.
Tracy cut the umbilical cord and watched the hospital staff clean his son. But before his wife Kim Tracy, 36, could touch their son doctors got worried. "We could tell there was something wrong by the way they [the doctors] were acting," Doug Tracy said.

Before Obama care they could be denied coverage. Even if they weighed too much.

'Your baby is too fat': Insurer denies baby Alex Lange coverage because of weight

[Crafty Girl]

38. This situation is different from the Duffy's situation

FTA:

But by March 24, the Tracy family formally heard their son was denied health insurance.

"We don't have health coverage on ourselves because it's too expensive these days and because of the economy," Doug Tracy said. The couple are small business owners and would have to buy individual policies, which they have for their other children Cooper, 4, and Jewel, 11.

They were looking to purchase an individual policy for the newborn. If the parents had been covered, as the Duffys are, the child would have been covered from birth/

[onenote]

39. Correct.

[packman]

9. Typical Repuke - Against it till it affects me personally - then I'm for it

I admired him a few days ago for stepping down to care for his child and be with his wife during the days ahead. Now, not so much.

[Peregrine Took]

10. Birth control is a good thing..

For strict Catholics, the rhythm method can work, too.

Limited my brother's family to 4. They only wanted 3 and had one "extra."

[localroger]

40. The rhythm method works great.

My parents were using it when I was conceived. Then after I was born they switched to real birth control.

[snort]

11. Facial Punchability Factor (FPF) of 9.5.

[ChubbyStar]

13. Yes!

What a nob.

[smirkymonkey]

22. +1000

Typical, hypocritical, Republican Pig.

[tblue37]

29. I call it the Santorum smirk:

[procon]

12. And he's probably so proud of the gazillion times

he voted to kill off Obamacare and wipe out the preexisting clause for everyone else. What a two faced, self serving, cruel and heartless bastard.

Let him live in fear day after day, worrying about the health of his own children and get a little taste of what millions of families go through thanks to him and the Republican party.

[onenote]

14. I'm not sure the Raw Story article is correct

My understanding is even before Obamacare, it was commonly the case that where parents have coverage for themselves, a newborn would be covered for the first month under that insurance. Afterwards, the parents would have a window to add the child to their policy without worrying about "pre-existing" conditions (i.e., birth defects).

[asiliveandbreathe]

18. I just posted this link..sure kiddos would be added at parents request..but

pre-existing conditions??

https://www.thebalance.com/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions-3306072

[Crafty Girl]

35. Depends on the policy

Back in the day, "dependent coverage" included all dependents, and new babies didn't need to be added to the parent's coverage, because the dependent premium was the same, whether you had one dependent or ten.

[iscooterliberally]

19. Ninth child? Break out the tomahawk trap.

This one needs to be trapped and taken the humane society to get neutered. They should probably put a notch in his ear too. I feel bad for the little one though. Especially because his parents are idiots.

[miyazaki]

21. The guy thinks he's Super Seed.

I faintly remember his superiority complex on that old MTV show.

[underpants]

31. The Real World

Welcome to it Duffy

[miyazaki]

41. Ah ya. Puck was more entertaining.

And I think Puck and Duffy's future wife stuck each other too.

[underpants]

42. I'd forgotten about Puck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rainey

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Believe the Congressional

Members Health Insurance has extra Benies that most would not see. There are some lifetime things in play.

[Mr.Bill]

23. For my entire working life, from the 70s until about ten years ago,

any health insurance I had through my job asked no questions about pre-existing conditions and required no physical. I didn't have kids or other dependents, so I don't know about that.

[Crafty Girl]

36. Yup.

When I worked in group insurance, where we usually ran into problems with pre-existing in eligibility for group policies was when an employee and spouse both had group coverage under different employers. If one spouse lost his/her job (after the initial eligibility period) and applied for dependent coverage under the spouse's employer's plan, then pre-existing conditions would be taken into consideration. Even a temporary condition, like pregnancy, was sufficient to deny coverage. (But obviously, only for the duration of the pregnancy.)

The definition of pre-existing was very specific. I am a former cancer patient, and when my husband changed jobs, my coverage always continued with no lapse, as long as I wasn't in the hospital at the time of the effective date of coverage.

[Ferrets are Cool]

25. They are all hypocrites...every last damn one of them...fucking hypocrites. nt

[SpankMe]

27. It's not hypocrisy as much as it is ignorance

I'm not sure this punk-ass congressman is even aware that he's benefiting from a policy that he voted against. He's seamlessly waltzing into treatment for his newborn as if the preexisting condition benefit has always existed, and will always exist. To him, it's just a policy that "is". It's part of the background to him and he doesn't believe that anything he does as a congressman can alter it.

If the bill he voted for has passed, and the insurance company didn't cover his baby's preexisting condition, he'd stop dead in his tracks and say, "Wait...what?"

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. What was his answer when confronted with this?

[displacedtexan]

32. Duffy & fam also get free gov't healthcare for life.

Just one of the perks for the re-elected welfare-hating Republicans. They want it all, but not for anyone else.

[Me.]

33. 9 Children?

Why?

[PA Democrat]

43. This is the Trump tool who Chris Hayes had on as a guest

a while back. His behavior was so obnoxious I recall googling him and thinking "oh great, and he has 8 kids." Now there will be a 9th to brainwash into right wing political thinking.

His wife works for Fox "News".