Key Republicans Want to Scrap Health Bill's Tax Cuts for Wealthy

[Jimbo101]

Bloomberg

Political Wire

“Several Senate Republicans began to question whether their health-care bill should repeal a tax on high-income Americans imposed by Obamacare when the legislation would scale back subsidies for the poor,” Bloomberg reports.

“Scaling back the tax cuts could provide a path to winning over key moderate senators who have recoiled at the soaring premiums and deductibles for millions of low-income people as scored by the CBO, and the estimated 22 million fewer people who would have insurance in a decade. Meanwhile, conservatives have pushed to wipe out all of the taxes, though senators like Ted Cruz have not insisted every tax cut remain as part of an overall deal. Conservatives have been focused more on cutting regulations to lower premiums.”

[marylandblue]

1. This debate should get interesting

[defacto7]

2. Ah.. so that was the scam!!!

Make it highly improbable to pass because of an irrelevant tax break based on an archaic failed economic idea... then yank it at the most opportune moment and voilà.... pass a terrible and usless health care bill while everone is breathless.

[geek tragedy]

6. If they keep the taxes and spend them on health care

then they've merely tweaked Obamacare.

[defacto7]

8. sort of bait and switch...

If they passed that so called health care bill, next comes the budget. They would find a way to keep the tax break but do it within the budget. Then health care would lose support in the budget. I wouldn't underestimate the GOP's caniving ways.

[Squinch]

3. Isn't that cute. A few of them are pretending to be humans.

[brer cat]

4. "Pretending" being the key word. nt

[geek tragedy]

5. "We'll show those pesky Dems--we'll take that money from the

tax cut and use it to fund subsidies for low income people--then we can repeal Obamacare!"

If they want to declare that kind of victory, okay by me.

[moonscape]

7. What exactly are they trying to do with healthcare if it's not

a tax-cut bill?

I know! Let's not do the tax cut and call it Trumpcare! Trump wouldn't care, nor would Obama. Win win!

[LeftInTX]

9. McConnell is threatening his caucus with "bipartisanship"

Only McConnell would consider bipartisanship a threat

[Gothmog]

10. The only reason for the GOP bill was tax cuts