There are approximately 57.2 million Americans whom suffer from a pre-existing condition. This is why the Affordable Care Act tends to be popular among such people, because it mandates coverage for them, when they likely would have been rejected otherwise.
Well, according to a video uncovered by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens had a few things to say about that very mandate during a November CSRA Republican Women's Club meeting in Evans, Georgia, where he said this:
"I've had several companies come in and they have said just the fact - just the fact - that in the individual market pre-existing conditions have to be covered on Jan. 1, that that is going to double the cost of insurance. And if you don't really understand what covering pre-existing conditions would be like, it would be like in Georgia we have a law that you have to have insurance on your automobile. You have to have the liability insurance. If you're going to drive on Georgia's roads, you have to have liability insurance. You don't have to have collision. You don't have to have comprehensive... But you have to have liability.
But say you're going along and you have a wreck. And it's your fault. Well, a pre-existing condition would be you then calling up your insurance agent and saying, 'I would like to get collision insurance coverage on my car.' And your insurance agent says, 'Well, you never had that before. Why would you want it now? And you say, 'Well, I just had a wreck, it was my fault and I want the insurance company to pay to repair my car.' And that's the exact same thing on pre-existing insurance."
Analogies don't seem to be Mr. Hudgens' strong suit. In fact, grammar, common sense, and critical thinking don't appear to be either. Come to think of it, I'm not sure Hudgens has a strong suit.
Allow me to dissect Hudgens' analogy for a moment. He's saying that health insurance for a person with pre-existing conditions is the same as automobile insurance for a person who just got into a car wreck for which they were responsible. So, according to Mr. Hudgens, if a person is provided health insurance after he or she is born with multiple sclerosis, that's identical to a person rear-ending another vehicle and then asking for insurance after the wreck. Notice how in one scenario, a person asks for insurance because of a wrong he committed, while in the other, a person asks for insurance due to health complications beyond their control. But, yes, that's the same thing...
Hudgens logic
A) A man gets into an accident after going down the wrong way of a one-way street = his fault and he shouldn't be afforded automobile insurance after the accident
B) A child born with epilepsy = her fault and she shouldn't be afforded health insurance
A = B
It really boggles my mind how Ralph Hudgens and those like him can call themselves pro-life while maintaining a straight face. Sure, they stand up for the pre-born, but once the babies are born, they're on their own, and if they have any health problems, it's their own darn fault. The Republican Party - pro-life until birth.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/04/3020831/georgia-insurance-commissioner-pre-existing-fault/
Well, according to a video uncovered by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens had a few things to say about that very mandate during a November CSRA Republican Women's Club meeting in Evans, Georgia, where he said this:
"I've had several companies come in and they have said just the fact - just the fact - that in the individual market pre-existing conditions have to be covered on Jan. 1, that that is going to double the cost of insurance. And if you don't really understand what covering pre-existing conditions would be like, it would be like in Georgia we have a law that you have to have insurance on your automobile. You have to have the liability insurance. If you're going to drive on Georgia's roads, you have to have liability insurance. You don't have to have collision. You don't have to have comprehensive... But you have to have liability.
But say you're going along and you have a wreck. And it's your fault. Well, a pre-existing condition would be you then calling up your insurance agent and saying, 'I would like to get collision insurance coverage on my car.' And your insurance agent says, 'Well, you never had that before. Why would you want it now? And you say, 'Well, I just had a wreck, it was my fault and I want the insurance company to pay to repair my car.' And that's the exact same thing on pre-existing insurance."
Analogies don't seem to be Mr. Hudgens' strong suit. In fact, grammar, common sense, and critical thinking don't appear to be either. Come to think of it, I'm not sure Hudgens has a strong suit.
Allow me to dissect Hudgens' analogy for a moment. He's saying that health insurance for a person with pre-existing conditions is the same as automobile insurance for a person who just got into a car wreck for which they were responsible. So, according to Mr. Hudgens, if a person is provided health insurance after he or she is born with multiple sclerosis, that's identical to a person rear-ending another vehicle and then asking for insurance after the wreck. Notice how in one scenario, a person asks for insurance because of a wrong he committed, while in the other, a person asks for insurance due to health complications beyond their control. But, yes, that's the same thing...
Hudgens logic
A) A man gets into an accident after going down the wrong way of a one-way street = his fault and he shouldn't be afforded automobile insurance after the accident
B) A child born with epilepsy = her fault and she shouldn't be afforded health insurance
A = B
It really boggles my mind how Ralph Hudgens and those like him can call themselves pro-life while maintaining a straight face. Sure, they stand up for the pre-born, but once the babies are born, they're on their own, and if they have any health problems, it's their own darn fault. The Republican Party - pro-life until birth.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/12/04/3020831/georgia-insurance-commissioner-pre-existing-fault/
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