This is a short post, but the premise is simple. If you are disabled in the United States there's no state in the country which protects your ability to get health care is the affordable health care act is repealed.
On the otherhand, if you smoke then there are several states which allow them to charge you more than average, but you cannot be denied health insurance in any state.
Thus is the reality of America without the Affordable Care Act, children born with down syndrome or cerebral palsy once were denied health insurance, and if their family makes more than a certain amount they will not have access to Medicaid. On the other hand someone who chooses to ingest poison into their lungs putting them at risk for dozens of symptoms cannot be denied health insurance and in some states cannot even be charged extra for it.
The Republican health care plan is cruel and makes no sense.
Sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2016/11/11/why-charging-smokers-more-for-health-insurance-costs-all-of-us-money/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judyowen/2012/07/18/the-affordable-care-act-and-people-with-disabilities/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2016/11/11/why-charging-smokers-more-for-health-insurance-costs-all-of-us-money/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judyowen/2012/07/18/the-affordable-care-act-and-people-with-disabilities/
https://www.healthmarkets.com/content/smoking-and-health-insurance
