While speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper, Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks said the following with regard to the House's latest healthcare bill:
"My understanding is that (the new proposal) will allow insurance companies to require people who have higher health care costs to contribute more to the insurance pool. That helps offset all these costs, thereby reducing the cost to those people who lead good lives, they're healthy, they've done the things to keep their bodies healthy. And right now, those are the people--who've done things the right way--that are seeing their costs skyrocketing."
While I'm tempted to simply go off on Mo Brooks right now, I'll try to keep my cool. Are the odds better for those who "lead good lives" to be healthy and not require as much healthcare as those who don't "lead good lives"? Sure. However, is it a guarantee? Absolutely not! I was born with epilepsy. What did I personally do to deserve being rejected by health insurance companies or see increased rates? Jimmy Kimmel's son was born with heart problems. What did he do to deserve a similar potential fate? What did millions of Americans who have preexisting conditions do to deserve Representative Brooks' claim that they apparently weren't leading "good lives"? I'm sorry, but things aren't as cut and dry as living a good life vs. living a bad life, and it's incredibly ignorant and cold-hearted for the Alabama Republican to suggest otherwise. For that asinine and cruel statement, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks receives my first ever Douche and Jerk of the Week award. Congratulations!
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/rep_mo_brooks_people_who_live.html
"My understanding is that (the new proposal) will allow insurance companies to require people who have higher health care costs to contribute more to the insurance pool. That helps offset all these costs, thereby reducing the cost to those people who lead good lives, they're healthy, they've done the things to keep their bodies healthy. And right now, those are the people--who've done things the right way--that are seeing their costs skyrocketing."
While I'm tempted to simply go off on Mo Brooks right now, I'll try to keep my cool. Are the odds better for those who "lead good lives" to be healthy and not require as much healthcare as those who don't "lead good lives"? Sure. However, is it a guarantee? Absolutely not! I was born with epilepsy. What did I personally do to deserve being rejected by health insurance companies or see increased rates? Jimmy Kimmel's son was born with heart problems. What did he do to deserve a similar potential fate? What did millions of Americans who have preexisting conditions do to deserve Representative Brooks' claim that they apparently weren't leading "good lives"? I'm sorry, but things aren't as cut and dry as living a good life vs. living a bad life, and it's incredibly ignorant and cold-hearted for the Alabama Republican to suggest otherwise. For that asinine and cruel statement, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks receives my first ever Douche and Jerk of the Week award. Congratulations!
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/rep_mo_brooks_people_who_live.html
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