Ezra Klein interviewed Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House's Office of Health Policy, on the GOP's new healthcare plan. DeParle: GOP plan doesn't 'make sense'.
"[Q] And what about the plan that Republicans put out today? They said they'd repeal the bill but keep some of its more popular provisions, like the ban on preexisting conditions.
[A] I think they would’ve done better to just say repeal rather than say they’ll replace it with these things that don’t make sense. We’re trying to figure out what they mean when they say they’ll continue to ban preexisting coverage exclusions. Their language there says that insurers can't discriminate against people who had 'prior coverage.' That's the existing law in COBRA. If it’s that, then it does nothing. But if they mean they’ll ban preexisting conditions without asking everyone to get covered, CBO says that’ll raise costs by 20 percent."
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