As House Republicans and President Trump struggle to put together a final version of the American Health Care Act they believe can pass the chamber, the sides have re-addressed a key issue in lowering costs and creating competition: dumping Obamacare regulations requiring “essential health benefits.” What does that mean? It means that the federal government, under Obamacare, forced all health insurance plans to cover 10 areas ranging from mental health to pediatric dental health and vision, as well as maternity care. That means that men were forced to buy insurance plans that covered maternity care, making them more expensive – and also making the insurance plans idiotic, since men do not, on average, have maternity care needs.
The Left is protesting that without the federal government mandating that all plans contain such elements, people will be scammed into buying care that doesn’t cover what they need, then forced to pay out of pocket.
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