Revealed: Leaked 106-Page Draft Shows How Republicans Will Propose to Replace Obamacare
Earlier in the month, House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters that Republicans would soon introduce tangible legislation to uproot the failing Obamacare status quo and replace it with a better system. GOP leadership released an outline
in mid-February that hinted at the approach they were planning to adopt
-- and now a more detailed draft proposal has leaked into the press.
With all the necessary caveats in place about how the document is by no
means a finalized piece of legislation, it provides the most
comprehensive and specific glimpse to date at Republicans' long-awaited
Obamacare alternative. Writing at Commentary, Noah Rothman sees a lot to like for conservatives:[This would-be] bill eliminates most of the onerous, market-distorting provisions contained within the Leviathan ACA. It eliminates many of the subsidies that reduce the incentives for those who are currently outside the labor force to remain there, and it kills the individual mandate to purchase insurance. Based on age, not income, the plan would establish tax credits to help uninsured patients afford private insurance plans. The plan scales back or eliminates some of ObamaCare’s most burdensome tax provisions, including Medicare surtax on wages and self-employment income. It eliminates federal Medicaid expansion by 2020, but preserves capped payments to states based on the number of enrollees in states that expanded Medicaid already. Most encouragingly, the plan includes grants to states that would allow them to experiment with programs designed to increase coverage rates or reduce premiums.Read entire article here:https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/02/27/revealed-leaked-106page-draft-shows-how-republicans-will-propose-to-replace-obamacare-n2290953
