The plan, revealed Wednesday, relies on individual tax credits to allow people to buy coverage from private insurers, and includes other largely familiar GOP ideas such as medical liability reform and expanding access to health savings accounts. It proposes putting $25 billion behind high-risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions and for others, and transforming the federal-state Medicaid program for the poor by turning it into state block grants or individual per-capita allotments to hold down spending.
But the 37-page white paper falls far short of a full-scale replacement proposal for “Obamacare” and leaves key questions unanswered, including the size of the tax credits, the overall price tag of the plan, and how many people would be covered. Republican aides said it’s intended as an overall roadmap showing how the GOP would approach undoing and replacing Obama’s health law with a Republican in the White House, and specific legislative details would be answered as the actual bills are written next year.
A White House statement early Wednesday denounced Ryan’s proposal as “nothing more than vague and recycled ideas to take health insurance away from millions and increase costs for seniors and hardworking families.”
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4 comments:
I really like using my HSA, but I don't find many people who are willing to put the money in them. Seems to only appeal to the rich that use it as another tax shelter.
Why waste this effort. Obummer will be out soon and we can repeal Obummercare when trump gets elected and hillary gets indicted
Another meaningless bill to fool the voters. They vote for something they do not want knowing it will never become law. Then lie to the voters they were really for it. When the reality is they support Obama Care 100% as proven by many votes that did become law.
we're not fools. we see what you're doing. vote these RINO's out asap...
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