No wonder the republicunts are pissed at Susan Collins. She knows math. They hate that.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/...ealth-plan
Who knew math could be so complicated? Certainly not the WLB or his Tit Turd leadership in the Senate.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/...ealth-plan
Quote:Collins points to an underappreciated flaw in the GOP health plan
Quote:The GOP approach would try to ease the burden by creating a fund to help offset those costs, creating what would, in practice, become high-risk pools. And while that’s inherently problematic for all kinds of reasons, as TPM noted, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) raised a separate concern: the money her party’s plan sets aside is being used more than once.
Quote:[The Cruz] amendment takes money already appropriated in the bill for other needs and says it can be used for these payments to insurers under the Cruz Amendment.
“It seems to me you’re using that money over and over again,” she said. “It’s supposed to relieve the cost of high premiums. It’s supposed to solve the problem with deductibles being unaffordable. It’s supposed to be available for high-risk or reinsurance pool. It’s supposed to be available under the Cruz Amendment to help prevent a huge increase in rates for people with pre-existing conditions.”
Matthew Fiedler, a fellow at Brookings Institute’s Center for Health Policy, confirmed this double-dipping to TPM.
Who knew math could be so complicated? Certainly not the WLB or his Tit Turd leadership in the Senate.
