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| Rand Paul leads charge against GOP ‘Obamacare-lite’ plan, files repeal-only bill |
| 2017-03-10 |
| [RT] Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is one of several Republicans who have vowed to vote against the GOP’s bill to repeal-and-replace Obamacare ... aka the Affordable Care Act, an ineptly designed and worse executed piece of legislation designed to bring 17 percent of the U.S. economy under the direct control of the government. The previous iteration, known as Hillarycare, was laughed out of Washington. This stinker was passed on a party-line vote without being read... . Instead, he has introduced legislation that would simply repeal the Affordable Care Act. Unfortunately, Obamacare has sufficiently distorted the healthcare economic structure that you can't just repeal the damned thing, anymore than you can outlaw HMOs and PPOs and the other artificial structures that add to healthcare costs and go back to Blue Cross-Blue Shield, the original market distortion. Costs won't lower (at least not quickly) without the Rube Goldberg mechanism in place. Nor will they get rid of the hideous tort law industry. House Republicans published their Obamacare replacement legislation, entitled the American Health Care Act, on Monday. Their 123-page proposal, which is supported by the Trump administration, would give power and decision-making back to the states, restore the free market to health insurance, and provide $10 billion a year from Congress to the states to subsidize Medicaid and ensure continuing coverage, the bill’s architects said. Tax credits toward health care would be available immediately, grow with age, expand with family, and transfer with employment. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The previous iteration, known as Hillarycare, was laughed out of Washington. This stinker was passed on a party-line vote without being read... And now, who do you think is insisting that everyone read the newest incarnation of ObamaCare which is ObamaLite before it is passed? None other than Nancy Pelosi. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-03-10 16:41 |