The changes also include allowing states to receive federal funding for Medicaid in a block grant instead of getting it on a per capita basis as the bill now proposes, the aide said.
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He said the income caps for the subsidies would likely come down from $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for couples – perhaps to $50,000 and $130,000, respectively.
Donald Trump said he wants “insurance for everybody”.
“They are not taking that money home”, Lee said.
“It was an honor to meet with President Trump this morning in the Oval Office”. The House bill represents phase one of the roll out, while other phases include regulatory reform and additional legislation that has yet to be introduced.
Our health care should be about what it delivers to patients and consumers, which brings me back to the Affordable Care Act. “Why would any Republican vote for a bill knowing they can be hit with an ad showing Trump admitting the plan harms their voters?” Ryan, in other words, won’t abandon his bill. “Ultimately, I would like to see us do a lot more”, Duncan said Thursday.
Unless. Trump has persuaded Republicans of all stripes that nothing is more important than repealing ObamaCare, precisely because it’s structured in such a way to exponentially expand government in coming years, and virtually mandates continued increases of the taxes it created? Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said the measure lacked the votes to pass in the Senate, where Republicans hold a precarious 52-48 majority.
The key question is whether Trump is able to convince enough Republicans to toe the line and help pass the bill in the House, where Republicans can afford no more than 21 defections if all Democrats vote no, as expected. It this was a bunch of conservative House members, and he sweetened the pot for them by backing a work requirement for Medicaid. OK. Dave Brat of Virginia, Mark Sanford of SC and Gary Palmer of Alabama. Others have voiced concern about the bill’s impact on seniors and those with low income. An analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found 24 million people would lose their health insurance over a decade though the bill would also reduce the deficit. If leadership chooses to further delay ending the Medicaid expansion, droves of conservatives who are on board right now could choose to vote against the bill.
Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told the Portland Press Herald, “This is not a bill I could support in its current form”. “I think between now and the final (bill) there could be several changes”. “It is a nonstarter for many”, said Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent, a moderate, to CNN. The CBO disagrees, stating “the nongroup market would probably be stable in most areas under either current law or the legislation”.
The Republican plan would replace that system with a tax credit indexed exclusively to a person’s age – from a minimum of $2,000 annually for a young person to a maximum of $4,000 annually for someone in their 60s who can’t yet access Medicare.
The CBO estimated that insurance premiums would rise 15% to 20% in both 2018 and 2019 because fewer healthy people would sign up after the repeal of the Obamacare penalty for declining to obtain insurance.
House Republican vote counters have only now started putting together their war charts, but the initial math doesn’t look great.
“They won’t have the votes unless they change it” further, said Meadows, who leads the House Freedom Caucus.
GOP leaders can not afford more than 21 defections in the House during a full vote there expected within weeks. Of course, as TalkPoverty.org noted, Ryan’s report touches on broad issues while entirely ignoring the fact that his massive proposed budget cuts would go a long way in dismantling social programs, not reforming them.
“Our role for the last four years was to be the loyal opposition”, Cruz reasoned.
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‘Oh heck, yes, ‘ said one conservative leader, Representative Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked if the GOP legislation needed changes to win his support.
