Chris Murphy explains how the leaked GOP ACA repeal plan will totally screw you
A .series of tweets by Senator Chris Murphy:
Let me count thy ways that the leaked GOP ACA repeal plan will totally, completely, monumentally screw you.
(1) You get a couple thousand bucks to help u buy insurance. That's it. If u aren't rich or healthy, u won't be able to afford anything.
(2) It gets worse. When u can't afford your premiums bc the tax credit is too small, you get a huge penalty when you try to sign up again.
(3) Coverage mandates and penalties only work if you make insurance affordable. GOP plan cuts subsidies so much that penalty is unworkable.
(4) Mandatory benefits are repealed. So even if you CAN get insurance, it doesn't have to cover ANYTHING. Out of pocket expenses skyrocket.
(5) Oh, and Medicaid expansion is effectively GONE. Millions and millions lose coverage, start using ERs again for health care. Others die.
6) Last rant, for now. If you're older, your premiums go WAY up. GOP plan guts premium protections for older consumers.
Senator Murphy didn't tweet these as a thread (he says he'll learn how over the weekend) but you can read them beginning here.
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