#ncpol: McHenry putting the shiv to Meadows, ObamaCare repeal
Uber-consultant Dee Stewart’s best friend EVER and alleged Republican, congressman Patrick McHenry, is sounding off in Washington media about his true feelings on ObamaCare:
[…] Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the GOP’s chief deputy whip, said Wednesday
that the Freedom Caucus’s calls for states to be able to apply for waivers to repeal pre-existing condition protections are “a bridge too far for our members.”
Those ObamaCare protections include what is known as community rating, which prevents insurers from charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions, and guaranteed issue, which prevents insurers from outright denying coverage to them.
McHenry spoke in personal terms about the importance of keeping in place those Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions, contained in Title I of the law.
“If you look at the key provisions of Title I, it affects a cross section of our conference based off of their experience and the stories they know from their constituents and their understanding of policy,” McHenry said.
“My family history is really bad, and so my understanding of the impact of insurance regs are real, and I believe I’m a conservative, so I look at this, understand the impact of regulation, but also the impact of really bad practices in the insurance marketplace prior to the ACA passing,” he continued. “There are a lot of provisions that I’ve campaigned on for four election cycles that are part of the law now that I want to preserve.”
McHenry’s defense of those ObamaCare pre-existing condition protections is striking because just last year, House Republicans touted a healthcare plan, called A Better Way, that would have repealed the protections and replaced them with a different system. […]
This guy is in House Republican leadership. We put them in the majority based on the promise to kill ObamaCare. It’s pretty clear they don’t want to — and are willing to throw Mark Meadows and his merry band in The Freedom Caucus under the bus, if they have to.
They’ve lied to us. They’re thumbing their noses at us. And they think we OWE them something. We owe them NOTHING. Not now. Not in November.
Patrick McHenry is an Obamacare Republican who badly needs to be ousted in a primary. McHenry is pushing the very provision that causes high premiums and high deductibiles by skewing the actuarial data for everyone else. The Washington Times reported that in polling when it was explained that the mandate for those with preexisting conditions is the major cause of cost rises for everyone else, Americans oppose that provision by 2 to 1.
UP with Meadows.
DOWN with McHenry
My prediction: The Republicans are in for a backlash from voters in #2018. All indications are, they don’t care. It’s sad to watch. The Democrats are super organized while Republican voters are feeling ignored and unenthusiastic. Thanks to Republican leadership and all their minions and enablers.