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Saturday, February 25, 2017

GOP proposal aims to end insurance mandate in 'Obamacare'

WASHINGTON —A draft Republican bill replacing President Barack Obama's health care law would end its Medicaid expansion, scrap fines on people not buying insurance and eliminate taxes on the medical industry and higher earners.

Instead, it would create tax credits worth up to $4,000, allow bigger contributions to personal health savings accounts and impose a new levy on expensive health coverage some employees get at work.

The 105-page measure largely tracks talking points that House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled last summer and a similar outline that GOP leaders recently gave lawmakers. The document is 2 weeks old, and GOP aides said it is subject to change.

Still, it provides some new details of Republican thinking and reaffirms others, such as blocking federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank God for the Republicans finally fighting to take this country back! We are tired of so many moochers and takers and need Good Republicans to make them get off their lazy butts and work hard like the Rest of Us do! It is not my responsibility to pay for your health care insurance, Daquan! Get a dang job!!

Anonymous said...

Just a tad off topic, we got a letter from our auto insurance company saying we are being dropped and need to find new insurance by April. It's from nothing we did, our insurance company is getting out of the state of Maryland.

It was determined by them that it would not be profitable to stay in this state and insure motorists here.

Says a lot about Maryland's laws and regulations doesn't it?

Anonymous said...

There was a point in time when MD was one of the better states to have vehicles registered. Not so much anymore. Fees have increased dramatically and the two year scam works in the state's favor if you get in an accident or need to buy another vehicle. I moved all my vehicles to MD years ago to avoid the BS yearly inspections in a neighboring state. As the fees and insurance (even in rural areas) have steadily gone up, I started moving the registrations to a more southern state. Saving a couple grand a year and no need to deal with the MVA.