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Conservative Group Heritage Action Still Against Republican Health Care Bill
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 21, 2017, 12:46 PM EDT
The CEO of Heritage Action for America, a conservative think tank, announced Tuesday that the group would continue to oppose the White Houses preferred plan to replace Obamacare.
The group announced the decision from its Twitter account:
Link to tweet
Heritage Action has joined several conservative members of the House of Representatives in protesting the bill since its debut on March 6. They say the American Health Care Acts tax credits preserve the architecture of Obamacares subsidies for those on the individual insurance market, though they are less generous and based primarily on age rather than income. Some conservative critics call the credits an entitlement program.
To shore up support in the House and Senate Monday night, House leadership announced that the bill would allow Senators the option to add more tax credit funding for older people, who would be disproportionately disadvantaged by a transition from Obamacare to the AHCA.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conservative-action-against-ahca
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Conservative Group Heritage Action Still Against Republican Health Care Bill (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2017
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gfwzig
(133 posts)1. It's hard to believe that this horrible bill will go down in flames,
Not because it is terrible at protecting American's health, but because it is not BAD ENOUGH for some of the repugs to support!
old guy
(3,281 posts)2. I have been telling people this since it came out.
What is strange is that the media never separates this during the reporting.
still_one
(91,963 posts)3. That really takes the cake. The Heritage Foundation health plan, was what the ACA plan was based on
This demonstrates what a bunch of hypocrites, liars, and frauds they are.