Mileage Psycho Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 It's a start, sure would be good if they can work together to arrive at a long term solution. Quote Senate panel to hold bipartisan hearings on healthcare The Senate Health Committee will begin holding bipartisan hearings the first week of September on how to stabilize and strengthen the individual insurance market, the panel's top Democrat and Republican announced Tuesday. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) — the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — said the goal is for the panel to craft a bipartisan, short-term proposal by mid-September, as insurers must finalize how much their premiums will cost by the end of that month. “We need to put out the fire in these collapsing markets wherever these markets are,” Alexander said at the beginning of a HELP Committee hearing on nominations. The committee plans to discuss the issue with insurance commissioners, patients, insurance companies, governors and healthcare experts. The committee’s staff will beginning preparing for the hearings this week, Alexander said. The panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), said she welcomed the bipartisan hearings and appreciated Alexander’s willingness to work with her on the issue. Alexander and Murray have previously crafted bipartisan deals, such as a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act last congressional session. The move comes as some Senate GOP leaders are openly admitting they don’t see a path forward on their seven-year-long campaign pledge to repeal ObamaCare, at least for now, after a scaled-down repeal bill failed to pass the upper chamber early Friday morning. Still, in a press conference Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) noted the vehicle to repeal ObamaCare hasn’t yet expired. “We're continuing to score some of the options on healthcare [from] Senator [Rob] Portman [R-Ohio], Senator [Ted] Cruz [R-Texas], Senator [Lindsey] Graham [R-S.C.] , Senator [Bill] Cassidy [R-La.],” he said. Even before last week’s vote, some Republicans have called for an open and bipartisan process. Others have said that letting Alexander and Murray work on healthcare in committee is at least one path worth pursuing. “We're not adverse to that,” Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 3 Senate Republican, said early Friday morning, after the skinny repeal bill failed. “I just don’t have high hopes that we're going to get anything that really solves the problems that we think exist with ObamaCare today,” Thune said. Stabilizing the individual market could be one area of bipartisanship, though it’s already drawn ire from conservatives, who argue that any action would be providing bailouts to insurance companies. The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in the House, consisting of 43 Republicans and Democrats, unveiled proposals to fix problems with the Affordable Care Act on Monday. Included in the list was congressional funding for cost-sharing reduction payments. Insurers have been pleading with Congress for long-term certainty that they’ll continue to receive crucial payments compensating them for subsidizing out-of-pocket costs for certain consumers. Without them, premiums on the ObamaCare exchanges would spike, insurers warn. The Trump administration has been funding these cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers on a monthly basis. In tweets over the weekend, President Trump threatened to cancel the payments, which total $7 billion in fiscal 2017, if Republicans don’t pass a healthcare bill. White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Sunday a decision would come this week. “He’s going to make that decision this week, and that’s a decision that only he can make,” Conway said on “Fox News Sunday.” Alexander said he has urged the president to continue CSR payments through September to give Congress time to work out a short-term solution. http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/344811-senate-panel-to-hold-bipartisan-hearings-on-healthcare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ActionfigureJoe Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 as long as the cunt in the white house gets the credit. maybe they should just start appeasing that immature piece of shit and his followers by tricking them into thinking it's his ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 11 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said: It's a start, sure would be good if they can work together to arrive at a long term solution. Interesting. I heard Monday the dems were finally willing to sit down the the GOP on a few things. Seems internal polling has shown this 100% complete obstructionist plan is actually hurting their chances in 2018-2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) 10 hours ago, ActionfigureJoe said: as long as the cunt in the white house gets the credit. maybe they should just start appeasing that immature piece of shit and his followers by tricking them into thinking it's his ideas. Very few R's or D's want Trump to get any credit or have success with anything. It would only prove to America exactly what many have thought for years.....that career politicians are a detriment to our government. Edited August 2, 2017 by racer254 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Highmark said: Interesting. I heard Monday the dems were finally willing to sit down the the GOP on a few things. Seems internal polling has shown this 100% complete obstructionist plan is actually hurting their chances in 2018-2020. You're Doe Dumber stupid Can you poimt to the details of Dumo's bigly healthcare plan? You voted for him so you should have the details.... Edited August 2, 2017 by SnowRider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 10 minutes ago, SnowRider said: You're Doe Dumber stupid Can you poimt to the details of Dumo's bigly healthcare plan? You voted for him so you should have the details.... I've already been thru that with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 theres a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Highmark said: I've already been thru that with you. And you're so dumb you keep spewing the same lies Edited August 2, 2017 by SnowRider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 18 minutes ago, SnowRider said: And you're so Dump you keep spewing the same lies Time for some new material.. you're beyond the expiration date...holf fuck dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 22 minutes ago, FAT DAVE said: Time for some new material.. you're beyond the expiration date...holf fuck dude. No doubt, these guys have been parroting the same shit over and over. Just a bunch of canned responses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 Just now, racer254 said: No doubt, these guys have been parroting the same shit over and over. Just a bunch of canned responses. Can you enlighten us with some of your 'new' responses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 1 minute ago, SnowRider said: Can you enlighten us with some of your 'new' responses? How do you answer the same old same old with something new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Wanting a different reply to the same question? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 1 hour ago, FAT DAVE said: Time for some new material.. you're beyond the expiration date...holf fuck dude. He really is the most annoying fucker here...the one guy I would not piss on if he were on fire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I got one..... snowrider, there is a search function in this forum, USE IT. Just search for that same question and you will find the answers you seek. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 3 hours ago, racer254 said: Very few R's or D's want Trump to get any credit or have success with anything. It would only prove to America exactly what many have thought for years.....that career politicians are a detriment to our government. the really sad thing is....you don't believe that that donny is nothing more than what they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 2 hours ago, SnowRider said: And you're so dumb you keep spewing the same lies Says the light bulb salesman who thinks he's Bill Bilichick. Did you ever even play a sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member SnowRider Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 1 minute ago, Highmark said: Says the light bulb salesman who thinks he's Bill Bilichick. Did you ever even play a sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, Highmark said: Says the light bulb salesman who thinks he's Bill Bilichick. Did you ever even play a sport? Running off at the mouth ,jumping to conclusions ,dodging reality and ignoring his own hypocrisy seems be his excercise routine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) Just now, Sleepr2 said: Running off at the mouth ,jumping to conclusions ,dodging reality and ignoring his own hypocrisy seems be his excercise routine Remember when he would talk about coaching. Fucking hilarious. One look at him and you can tell the pussy probably never played anything but tennis. Edited August 2, 2017 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 On 8/2/2017 at 11:58 AM, Highmark said: Remember when he would talk about coaching. Fucking hilarious. One look at him and you can tell the pussy probably never played anything but tennis. Couch hockey and pocket pool are his real sports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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