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| Why, Yes It Is - GOP Introduce Obamacare Light |
| 2017-03-07 |
| This is the inevitable expected result when Paul Ryan and the rest of the GOP bought into the following shtick 'What are you gonna replace it with?' Thanks, guys! After months of confusion and secrecy, House Republicans have finally revealed their Obamacare repeal legislation. While it's useful to have House Republicans on the record with a legislative plan, the plan doesn't offer any estimate for how much it would cost, or how many people it would (or wouldn't) cover. In general, it's not clear what problems this particular bill would actually solve. The bill would replace Obamacare's subsidies with a system of tax credits and halt the law's Medicaid expansion at the end of the decade while grandfathering in many beneficiaries over the long term and giving states $100 billion in funding to work with to care for hard case patients. All in all, it's a fairly conventional Republican plan, modified in ways designed to mitigate recent political objections. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #13 It could still work. Depending on where you live it will cost more just like car insurance, but not as much as having just a state exchange as the insurance company can spread the cost over several states. That will take into account the price fluctuations for each region. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-07 19:21 |
| #12 Most Rantburgers could have figured out sustainable plan on a cocktail napkin. But no, we got this unkillable monstrosity. Anyway interstate works for insurance groups not individual plans. Here's why: local docs set the prices. For example, Idaho docs charge less than NY docs, but that doesn't help you if you're a NYer. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2017-03-07 19:04 |
| #11 Thanks, regular joe. I just kind of skimmed it and obviously missed key parts. That's what I get for doing posts that require research in the middle of tax season.. For some reason, the Obamacare law bugs the living hell out of me and I want to see it die, if for no other reason to see Obama's 'legacy' take it in the shitter. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-03-07 17:37 |
| #10 If this bill passes, the exchanges will disappear as will most of the employer health plan taxes that were the source of your (e.g. working American) health plan premium and deductible increases. Subsidies in the form of tax credits will help offset the costs of community underwriting and guaranteed issue. And people who liked their plans but lost them will be able to participate in the market once again. So be of good cheer. This is a step in the right direction. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2017-03-07 16:53 |
| #9 Thanks, tw! One more point - if Congress and their staff were subject to this law, full unconditional repeal would have been done by now. Since they're isolated from this shit law they've inflicted on everybody else, they simply don't give a flying fuck. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-03-07 16:31 |
| #8 What about Interstate Competition? Seems to me someone mentioned that lately. |
| Posted by: Hupineper Smith2347 2017-03-07 16:03 |
| #7 I just want to keep my family coroner. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-03-07 15:50 |
| #6 please move this elsewhere. Moved to P.6: Seedy Politics. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-03-07 15:45 |
| #5 In general, it's not clear what problems this particular bill would actually solve. That's because it doesn't. It doesn't repeal Obamacare; it modifies it. The mandate & penalty is gone, but the exchanges are still there, the DonkLite - now with less taste and less filling! |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-03-07 15:40 |
| #4 Once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. 2018 needs to be an electoral bloodbath. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-03-07 15:15 |
| #3 GOPe - DonkLite What did you expect? They learned nothing from the election. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-03-07 15:09 |
| #2 Also remember that this is what Trump is pushing for as well. He does like socialized medicine. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-07 15:00 |
| #1 Damn! mods - please move this elsewhere. Thanks. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-03-07 13:40 |