House to vote Thursday on Obamacare repeal bill
The GOP health care bill would:
- eliminate Obamacare taxes on the wealthy, insurers and others
our health and care funds tax breaks
- get rid of the individual mandate imposed by Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act.
Guts funding for our health and care
- Instead of the Obamacare subsidies that are tied to income and premiums, the GOP plan would provide Americans with refundable tax credits based mainly on age to purchase health insurance.
because we all apparently earn millions to have a tax break enough to cover medical expenses
- allow insurers to charge higher premiums to those in their 50s and early 60s, compared to younger consumers.
- curtail federal support for Medicaid and allow states to require able-bodied adults to work.
- After 2020, states that expanded Medicaid would no longer receive enhanced federal funding to cover low-income adults, and those that hadn't expanded would be immediately barred from doing so.
- allow states to relax some key Obamacare protections of those with pre-existing conditions
- allow insurers to offer skimpier policies that don't cover the 10 essential health benefits mandated by Obamacare.
- insurers would be able to charge higher premiums to those with medical issues if they let their coverage lapse.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/republican-health-care-bill/