Mitch McConnell, the blustery leader of the U.S. Senate's majority Republicans, brought out the frightening Senate health care bill, the ultimate "repeal and replace" of the Affordable Care Act, with typical clumsiness and of course, anger.
McConnell pronounced the ACA a "failure" and President Donald Trump, of course, called it a "disaster" hundreds of times on the 2016 campaign trail. The Affordable Care Act is viewed as one of - if not the - signature achievement of his administration. It would let insurers provide fewer benefits, offer less generous subsidies than Obama to help people buy policies and end the statute's tax penalties on people who don't buy policies and on larger firms that don't offer coverage to workers.
But the 142-page draft would allow states to drop several benefits which are now mandated, such as maternity care and hospital services, and also would abolish the requirement for most Americans to have health insurance. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June.
It would also bar the use of the bill's health care tax credits to buy coverage that includes abortions, a major demand for conservatives.
"I've read the Republican "health care" bill". They said the measure falls short, missing "the most important promise that we made to Americans: to repeal Obamacare and lower their health care costs".
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to hold the vote for the Senate bill next week, despite the senators' opposition to the bill. And McConnell is having trouble getting enough Republican votes.
The bill was criticized by some US Jewish groups, including the Reform Movement. But under the Senate Bill funding would start phasing out and by 2024 it would be restored to what it was before Obamacare. But federal funding for the program would be capped, based either on a fixed amount per enrollee in states or as a lump-sum block grant paid directly to states, according to published reports.
To make up for lost federal money, SC would have to spend more state taxpayer money on Medicaid, restrict enrollment to cut the number of South Carolinians eligible for Medicaid or cut the number of services that Medicaid pays for. This money is used to operate 650 health care centers nationwide.
A group of four Senate Republicans has already come out to say they are now a "no" on the bill, effectively killing it where it stands. It would cut Medicaid overall and impose annual limits on spending. But it would also potentially increase turbulence in the health insurance market by allowing healthy customers to pull out and leave only sicker and older customers with coverage plans. "The bill would devastate the Medicaid program, our nation's health care safety net on which 69 million low-income Americans and people with disabilities - including 37 million children - rely".
SENATE: The bill would repeal most Obamacare taxes beginning after December 31, 2016, including the 3.8 percent net investment income tax on wealthy Americans.
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