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NYTimes: G.O.P. Health Bill Faces Revolt From Conservative Forces
WASHINGTON — A long-awaited plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and remake the American health care system faced a revolt from the right on Tuesday as conservative groups and lawmakers strongly criticized a bill that Republican leaders and President Trump had hoped to jam through Congress this month.
“This is not the Obamacare repeal bill we’ve been waiting for. It is a missed opportunity and a step in the wrong direction,” said Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, who was joined by a constellation of conservative groups, including the Club for Growth, Heritage Action for America and Charles G. and David H. Koch’s Americans for Prosperity. “We promised the American people we would drain the swamp and end business as usual in Washington. This bill does not do that.”
The Republican bill, released Monday night after months of negotiation, would scrap the mandated coverage in President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement in favor of tax incentives to coax people to purchase health care. But the legislation maintains many of the Affordable Care Act’s mandates and basic benefits, including prohibiting insurers from denying policies for pre-existing conditions or capping benefits in a year or a lifetime.
That has led to charges among conservatives that the bill would be nearly as disruptive to the free market as the law it is replacing, and to concern among experts that it could send insurance premiums skyrocketing, with only small tax credits to defray the cost for consumers seeking policies.
“This is not the Obamacare repeal bill we’ve been waiting for. It is a missed opportunity and a step in the wrong direction,” said Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, who was joined by a constellation of conservative groups, including the Club for Growth, Heritage Action for America and Charles G. and David H. Koch’s Americans for Prosperity. “We promised the American people we would drain the swamp and end business as usual in Washington. This bill does not do that.”
The Republican bill, released Monday night after months of negotiation, would scrap the mandated coverage in President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement in favor of tax incentives to coax people to purchase health care. But the legislation maintains many of the Affordable Care Act’s mandates and basic benefits, including prohibiting insurers from denying policies for pre-existing conditions or capping benefits in a year or a lifetime.
That has led to charges among conservatives that the bill would be nearly as disruptive to the free market as the law it is replacing, and to concern among experts that it could send insurance premiums skyrocketing, with only small tax credits to defray the cost for consumers seeking policies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/affordable-care-act-obama-care-health.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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