Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Making Insurance Companies Even Wealthier By Forcing People With Pre-existing Conditions Into High-risk Pools

Article Title: Is Trump right that pre-existing conditions are covered in the GOP health care bill?
Snippet of Article: "...According to the proposed amendment, states granted a waiver would be allowed to set up high-risk pools or participate in a new federal invisible risk-sharing program to help states reimburse the cost for insurers for covering these consumers. The American Healthcare Act would give states $100 billion over the next decade to help with high-risk pools, according to MacArthur's press release on the amendment. But the American Medical Association, which is urging Congress to oppose the measure, says the bill provides no guarantee that insurance will be affordable to people with pre-existing conditions..."


Source: www.cbsnews.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, pre-existing conditions and health insurance, [/tag]