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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:46 AM Original message |
MSNBC: Pre-existing conditions takes effect in 2014 |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. k&r for the truth, however depressing. n/t |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. That shit should be immediate for everyone. There is no excuse for that shit. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. If it started now, the Democrats are toast! |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. So we all want coverage for pre-existing conditions but no one wants to pay for it. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. The other way to read that is that the Democrats don't have the courage of their convictions... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just Like In The Credit Card Legislation - They Are Going To Give The Insurance...... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Also gives them 4 years to use some other piece of legislation.. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. Assuming it's a mistake. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. By then the bill will have been repealed by Romney and the new Repub majorities. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow, I can get screwed for 4 more years. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Press your Congressmen to fix this in conference |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Nope this is the pragmatic approach...let 'em wait four years |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. oh, snark |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. We...can't ...do....any...good That's the message we've been getting all week |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. But getting it changed by yelling at fellow DUers is not the way to do it |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I was calling Congresspeople politely asking them too |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. If every call could change the nation |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I have no expectatriona about my call alone but... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Calls to congress on TARP were about 90 to 1 against. |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Your right |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. No. According to Ben Nelson, the conference will be very limited in scope |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. KILL THE BILL. It's a fucking Frankenstein's monster... |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Yeah, that's the spirit!! Let's NEVER get rid of pre-existing condition. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. So people with preexisting conditions will be forced to buy insurance |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. There will be an interem mechanism by which people who are denied |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. The mandate doesn't take effect until 2014 either. n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Goddammit. What a bunch of thieving crap. Assholes in Washington. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wasn't there an immediate high-risk pool to be set up and funded |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Oh you'll get a "High Risk Pool"! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. So, I still won't be able to get insurance for 5 more years in spite of the MANDATE. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I'm not sure, but it looks like the mandate becomes effective in 2017 |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Well, at least that solves the immediate conflict of a mandate |
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Garam_Masala (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. In the meantime most of them will die |
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BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's a link |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. thanks |
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madmx19790 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. we get to suffer for 4 more years. awesome |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. So let me guess.. Pre-existing bans don't take effect until 2014, but mandates are immediate? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Nope. Mandates don't take effect until 2014. n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Starting immediately children cannot be denied health coverage due to pre-existing conditions." |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hence the first line of the OP: "Immediate for minors, but 2014 for adults." |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. So plenty more dying to get done! |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. That rule, like the other ones restricting insurance company discretion, has to go with the mandate. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
38. There appears to be an interim solution in the Senate bill. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Correct.. page 41 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. By 2014, the Republicans will OWN the Senate, and maybe the White House. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
41. And with no bill they would NEVER take effect. So there. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
42. Timelines change once the bill is passed and Congress start tweaking it every year. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. High risk pool will be created right now for people who cannot get insurance. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. Oh, I'm sure that tumor won't metastasize until then, right? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
46. What is the lame ass excuse for this not going into effect immediately? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. Pro-life, my ass |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. It'll NEVER take effect. N-E-V-E-R. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yes because their politcal career is more important than people's |
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