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spanone

(135,929 posts) Fri May 5, 2017, 02:04 PM May 2017

House Health Care Plan Is Not Enough to Keep High-Risk Pools Afloat

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/05/02/431698/house-health-care-plan-not-enough-keep-high-risk-pools-afloat/

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House Health Care Plan Is Not Enough to Keep High-Risk Pools Afloat (Original Post) spanone May 2017 OP

Was there ever any doubt? As if 8 billion dollars would make any difference. May as well have been The_Casual_Observer May 2017 #1

but, but, but it sounds like soooo much money and republicans never lie spanone May 2017 #2

Important to remember time scales lapfog_1 May 2017 #3

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

1. Was there ever any doubt? As if 8 billion dollars would make any difference. May as well have been

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Fri May 5, 2017, 02:07 PM

May 2017

30 pieces of silver.

spanone

(135,929 posts)

2. but, but, but it sounds like soooo much money and republicans never lie

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #1)

Fri May 5, 2017, 02:10 PM

May 2017

lapfog_1

(29,243 posts)

3. Important to remember time scales

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Fri May 5, 2017, 02:11 PM

May 2017

That's a funding shortfall of $197 Billion over 10 years.

The House, in getting the Tuesday Group on board, added a total of $8 Billion over 5 years.

Even if they renewed that in 5 years ($16B) they would be $181 Billion short.

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