Brian Connell
@BrianC_DC
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Advocating for cancer patients. Husband, dad, son, brother, chronic disease patient, neighbor, DC resident, Jesus follower. Tweets are my own.
Joined March 2019
Not enough people are talking about how HR 1, the Big Beautiful Bill, will grow government bureaucracy Americans are already reeling under insurance red tape & HR 1 is about to make it much worse. Here are just a few examples of what red tape looks like in the real world. A đ§ľ
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More: Covered California, which was not subject to the fraud that did plague the federal exchange, tracks duration of enrollment. 1/4 last just 1-3 months. So, 26% of all enrollees had no claims. https://t.co/bIXCmighSO
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This will likely depend on whether partisan rescissions follow the vote. "Fool me once..."
We want to have the vast majority of people in both parties at the âshutdowns are stupid, they cause as ton of pain, and you canât win anything on policy or politicsâ position. Coming out of 2018-2019 I thought we were there. Hopefully, we are now.
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Federally-funded HSA contributions wouldn't efficiently insure core healthcare risks. It would just layer a new and unnecessary entitlement on top of that. https://t.co/elogWNvVsv
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His statement puts more pressure on Republicans to reject Democratic demands to renew the subsidies.
Healthcare spending is increasingly concentrated among those who use enormous amounts of care. The more medical science can do for the sick, the more we need insurance to pay for it. https://t.co/h50YOHvinH
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@DonpaulStephens My boyfriend marathons before he almost died and was hospitalized for months with cancer, respectfully. Please talk to people outside of twitter, itâs a great reminder for both of us.
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There are low-information ways to reach this view (look, he tore down the building!) and high-information ways (actually understanding the reconciliation baseline gimmick) but either way the message is the same: if Republicans cared they wouldn't let pesky rules get in the way.
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They claim their concern with silver or bronze coverage is the total cost (premiums + OOP liability). So they propose a plan with slightly lower premiums and much higher OOP. Make it make sense.
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This internal logic on these talking points makes no sense. Catastrophic coverage exists. Itâs expensive. It doesnât solve any of the problems these folks think it does.
Simple fix Senator: Allow everyone to purchase catastrophic insurance plans again. Cancer diagnosis problem solved. ACA, written by for profit insurers, got rid of catastrophic plans by requiring coverage for basic & routine health services that most Americans donât use or
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A lot of people are curious why insurers are increasing benchmark ACA premiums by an average of 26%. The publicly-available rate justifications from insurance companies typically look something like this. So, it's kind of hard to tell for sure.
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Jesus: Whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me. Hannah: Oh, I roasted them. Got âem good.
My favorite trend on TikTok right now is where all of the hardworking Americans who are poor but not on welfare are teaching people about to lose their benefits how to shop, plan, and cook on a budget.
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What's at stake if Congress allows the healthcare tax credit to expire? â ď¸"My premiums would go up close to $4,000 a year." â ď¸"I wouldn't be able to afford my cancer treatments." Learn more via @KeepAmCoveredď¸'s new ad âŹď¸
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Did you know that WIC dollars go to grocery stores? Did you know transportation dollars go to asphalt companies? Did you know military dollars go to contractors? This argument is so sophomoric, itâs silly. Letâs be better.
No matter how the politicians word it, the current ACA subsidies go to health insurers. If any politician says they are worried about healthcare costs for Americans but wants to continue to send the ACA subsidies to health insurers, then they donât really care about your
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Sigh. There are no Standalone Part D plans in Texas covering Humira. There are 3 covering biosimilars. The Problem? Medicare Recipients have no idea what to do. Biosimilars don't show up as a "generic". As far they can see, there is no coverage for Humira. @MedicareGov
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Before Obamacare prohibited the practice, health insurers would routinely cancel newly-diagnosed breast cancer patientsâ coverage to get out of paying for their care.
can all the obamacare defenders please chill out. like ok people can stay on their parents healthcare until their mid20s great. and there are fewer gofundmes now. but the way institutionalists talk about the thing it's like we should all be bowing down with gratefulness. yeah, no
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It used to be legal to deny people health insurance for having been the victim of domestic abuse. This was not the 1950s, this was 2009, the year Minecraft came out.
can all the obamacare defenders please chill out. like ok people can stay on their parents healthcare until their mid20s great. and there are fewer gofundmes now. but the way institutionalists talk about the thing it's like we should all be bowing down with gratefulness. yeah, no
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@unusual_whales Took 4 years to figure out you can't grow coffee beans in Ohio. Truly a masterclass in economic policy.
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If you also don't require coverage for emergency care, hospitalization or prescription drugs, it's hard to argue you have "insurance," and impossible to say you're protecting people with pre-existing conditions who often need things like insulin or another drug to survive/thrive
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Another reminder that employersânot employeesâhave the final say on how many hours are worked in any given period, especially for low income jobs. This is what the DC laptop class who designed work reporting requirements failed to understand.
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If Congress ends healthcare tax credits, some patients could be forced to pay twice as much for their healthcare. Nobody can afford that. Urge your member of Congress to extend tax credits that help make care more affordable âŹď¸ https://t.co/gZZZH2cwlX
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The EDGE data used to show ACA âenrolleesâ without claims actually tracks âenrollments,â double-counting people who switch plans. CMS says this causes a âsmallâ overcount. But EDGE enrollment totals are about 50% (11+ million) higher than other CMS enrollment data.
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Itâs pretty wild that the anti-ACA crowd is sharing a graph showing their success in spiking plan premiums by: eliminating risk corridor payments (2015), stopping payment of CSRs (2017) & zeroing out the individual mandate (2019).
Obamacare started in 2014. Health insurance became more unaffordable. It got so bad, in 2021 Biden and Dems passed temporary subsidies with an expiration date of Dec 31, 2025, to hide the real cost of Obamacare insurance. Obamacare is broken and more subsidies won't fix it.
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