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« on: July 18, 2014, 10:56:00 AM » |
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« edited: July 18, 2014, 10:59:03 AM by Clarko95 »
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The Patient CARE Act that was proposed by Richard Burr, Tom Coburn, and Orin Hatch back in January to be the "Republican healthcare plan, adjusted for Obamacare taking effect".
For those who gained coverage under Obamacare, it would not touch those benefits (that would be politically devastating). It promotes mainly your classic Republican healthcare plan: tax credits, more employer coverage, reform Medicaid, tort reform, state deregulation of competition, tax-free health savings accounts, and more flexibility with insurance plans. They could also change the mandate to be at minimum catastrophic care (most likely), or maybe get away with repealing the mandate entirely (less likely). They could repeal the medical device tax, and change the definition of a full workweek back to 40 hours (these both could prove very popular).
But it does recognize the popularity of many parts of Obamacare, like protecting people with pre-existing conditions, preventing premium increases when one develops an illness, and curbs "Cadillac" plans.
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