{"id":1356,"date":"2017-05-25T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/reviews-are-in-trumpcare-an-assault-on-americans\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:18:00","slug":"reviews-are-in-trumpcare-an-assault-on-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reviews-are-in-trumpcare-an-assault-on-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews Are In: Trumpcare An Assault on Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria 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11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Congress&rsquo;s own economists are back with their report on Trumpcare. The Congressional Budget Office, which is directed by a Republican, confirmed that Trumpcare is an assault on Americans.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trumpcare punishes the sick, forcing many of them to pay eye-popping premiums and out-of-pocket costs.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/millions-of-ill-people-may-face-extremely-high-premiums-under-house-bill-cbo-says\/\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Kaiser Health News<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">: &ldquo;<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Millions Of Ill People May Face &lsquo;Extremely High Premiums&rsquo; Under House Bill, CBO Says&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/house-gop-health-bill-would-add-23-million-uninsured-cut-119-billion-in-deficit-by-2026-cbo-says-1495658914\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><u><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">:<\/span><\/u><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;Where states opt out of some of the ACA&rsquo;s rules, &lsquo;less healthy people would face extremely high premiums.&rsquo; It also noted that in some cases, lower premiums would be offset by higher out-of-pocket medical costs.&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Over 60 or pregnant? You might have to fork over<\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\"> <\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">thousands more per year to get the care you need<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2017\/05\/25\/the-health-202-the-cbo-report-is-bad-news-for-republicans-on-health-care\/5925e34ce9b69b2fb981db8d\/?utm_term=.b3237c8fb5a4\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Washington Post:<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;a 64-year-old earning $26,500 a year would have to pay <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">about 850 percent more for their<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> plan under the GOP bill compared to under the ACA.&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/05\/25\/health-care-bill-may-increase-costs-for-maternity-insurance-coverage.html\"><span style=\"color:blue\">CNBC<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">: &nbsp;&ldquo;GOP health-care bill could cost women $1,000 more per month for &#39;maternity&#39; insurance coverage &mdash; and even more when they have kids&rdquo; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Trumpcare could kick 23 million Americans off their insurance while reducing coverage for millions more.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cbo-score-house-gop-healthcare-bill-ahca-macarthur-upton-amendments-2017-5\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Business Insider<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">: <\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">&ldquo;CBO says GOP healthcare bill would leave 23 million more uninsured, undermine protections for people with preexisting conditions&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><s><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/s><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><u><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/span><\/u><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">: &ldquo;In states that make more &lsquo;moderate&rsquo; changes to consumer protections, premiums would fall because plans would cover much less. CBO expects states with one-third of the population to be in this category.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">It would also &ldquo;throw many insurance markets into chaos,&rdquo; jacking up premiums.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cbo-score-gop-healthcare-bill-insurance-market-stability-2017-5\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Business Insider<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;CBO report says the GOP healthcare bill could throw many insurance markets into chaos&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2017\/05\/25\/the-most-alarming-sentence-for-republicans-in-cbos-new-health-care-report\/?utm_term=.53cb2a52cb97\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Washington Post<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">: &ldquo;Under the GOP plan, the report states, &lsquo;about one-sixth of the population resides in areas in which the nongroup market would start to become <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">unstable <span style=\"color:black\"> beginning in 2020.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Who&rsquo;s happy about this report? Paul Ryan apparently can&rsquo;t wait to bankrupt pregnant women and the chronically ill to pay for a massive tax cut for the rich.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerRyan\/status\/867483782156345344\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Paul Ryan:<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;This @USCBO report again confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums and the deficit.&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjySarlin\/status\/867502328152289282\"><span style=\"color:blue\">NBC&rsquo;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:black\"> <\/span>Benjy Sarlin<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">:&rdquo;Exactly what happened last time with CBO. WH says the report is wrong, Paul Ryan says the report is awesome.&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">How bad is it? <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/right-turn\/wp\/2017\/05\/24\/the-cbo-confirms-the-republican-health-care-bill-is-rotten-legislation\/?tid=ss_tw&amp;utm_term=.13c697c1d4d6\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Washington Post<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">&rsquo;s<b> <\/b>Jennifer Rubin: &ldquo;The CBO confirms: The Republican health-care bill is rotten legislation&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezraklein\/status\/867722174601318401\"><span style=\"color:blue\">Vox&rsquo;s<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> <\/span><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Ezra Klein<span style=\"color:black\">:<\/span><\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;Together, Trump&#39;s budget and healthcare bill should be treated as a scandal.&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2017\/05\/cbo-score-american-health-care-act\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">Vanity Fair:<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> &ldquo;The new C.B.O. score for the Republican health-care plan is in, and the <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\">results are devastating&rdquo;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:\">Yesterday&rsquo;s report told us what we already knew: Trumpcare is a punch in the face to the millions of Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act to stay alive and affordably insured.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:red\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress&rsquo;s own economists are back with their report on Trumpcare. The Congressional Budget Office, which is directed by a Republican, confirmed that Trumpcare is an assault on Americans. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trumpcare punishes the sick, forcing many of them to pay eye-popping premiums and out-of-pocket costs. &nbsp; Kaiser Health News: &ldquo;Millions Of Ill People May Face &lsquo;Extremely <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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