Congressional Republicans are quickly moving forward to pass a repeal of ObamaCare and say a replacement plan will come later this year.
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Here’s what’s clear: Most Americans (62 percent) prefer giving the federal government a larger role in healthcare if it means guaranteeing coverage and financial help for seniors and the lower-income, while similar proportions say lowering the cost of healthcare for individuals and lowering the cost of prescription drugs should be a “top priority”. He said America should have a private system but repeatedly praised Canada and Scotland’s socialized system.
It fired the starting gun on what promises to be the first high profile legislative confrontation of Mr Trump’s presidency which begins on Jan 20. “But I want to see it first”. And then we have to take care of the people that can’t take care of themselves. So, with Trump’s inauguration approaching in under a month, the question of what’s going on with Obamacare still hangs in the air. So here’s where I’m a little bit different.
“We’re talking about two separate things here”, freshman Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Va., told Newsmax shortly after he was sworn in, “A lot of people are rightfully nervous about what comes after repeal, and I understand this”. That’s why there is hesitation about what to replace Obamacare with.
“You’ll have many different plans”.
The Senate is now debating a budget resolution that Republicans need to advance in order to get the reconciliation instructions needed to pass a repeal of the health care law with a simple-majority vote, although several GOP senators have already expressed concern about the “repeal and delay” strategy.
Republicans denounced Obama’s policy for causing soaring increases in health insurance premiums and leaving some consumers with fewer choices about their health insurance.
“If they’ve been disappointed by the ACA, they’re likely to be even more disappointed by the Republican plans”, Altman said. So those budget plans will be the actual repeal.
Marsh said he expects any Obamacare replacement to include looser restrictions on health insurance companies selling insurance across state lines – something he says will drive down health insurance costs.
While GOP lawmakers are going full steam ahead on repealing the ACA, executives across the United States have started voicing concerns about how much it would cost to uproot the health care policy. Republican leaders have said they may pursue a “repeal and delay”, in which repeal is passed in January but only takes effect in one or several years.
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At long last, Republicans have the numbers in Congress to mount a vote that would effectively repeal the Affordable Care Act, the crowing achievement, some would argue, of President Barack Obama’s time in office. For that very reason, Reed said, the health-care industry would have little reason to support it.
