Santorum proclaimed on CNN’s State of the Union that people with pre-existing conditions are scamming the system.
“Pre-existing conditions, though it’s very popular,” the former GOP senator opined, “what the reality is today that thousands, maybe approaching millions of Americans, are paying nine months for insurance. Why? Because you pay for your insurance for nine months, there’s a provision in Obamacare that says you can’t be thrown off your plan for three months.”
“So, you stop paying in September until the end of the year,” he continued. “You have a right to guaranteed [coverage for] preexisting conditions. You can buy a new plan in January. So people are paying nine months for 12 months of care. And it’s happening more and more and more as people get the gig.”
“Obamacare is a failure! But you’re going to need 60 votes to change preexisting conditions and other things to make the system work. And that’s the problem of repeal and replacing is you can’t do it because it’s a broken system.”
Yeah, there’s literally no evidence of this crap. To paraphrase the Scotts: this man is a hoofwanking bunglecunt.
Monday, Feb 27, 2017 · 6:01:32 PM +00:00 · Frank Vyan Walton
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