House GOP releases plan in bid to fulfill Trump promise as 'party of health care'

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The Republican Study Committee released a healthcare plan Tuesday to replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, two years after the GOP was unable to agree on a health care plan during the first year of President Trump's administration.

The plan also represents an effort to compete with Democrats' messaging on "Medicare-for-All" and other health care plans as the 2020 Democratic primary campaign hits its stride.

The 66-page framework seeks to "transform the individual marketplace's current regulatory structure, unwind the ACA's Washington-centric approach and largely return regulatory authority to individual states."

This includes provisions to increase the portability of health insurance within the individual marketplace, provide federal funding for state-designed "guaranteed coverage pools" which would help cover individuals with pre-existing conditions -- though it does not require states to run such pools -- put a moratorium on Medicaid expansions so it can be "sustainable ... for generations to come" and promotes "innovative care" such as telemedicine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gop-releases-plan-in-bid-to-fulfill-trump-promise-as-party-of-health-care/ar-AAJbgz1?li=BBnb7Kz

The GOP plan: Don't get sick. If you do, die quickly.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. You said it best...don't get sick, and if you do, die quickly...best description I've heard from ...

the repugs who have constantly moaned about the ACA and yet they haven't been able to propose 1 thing until now. Does this point to gross incompetence on their part? YES. Does this point to an inability to even propose decent, favorite to the average man and woman on the street, and not their business cronies on Wall Street or their billionaire friends? YES.

We all know already on DU who the republicans truly stand for...it certainly isn't the average person on the street.

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2. I want the better coverage, cheaper plan that Trump and GOP promised.

I want the better coverage, cheaper plan that Trump and GOP promised.

Donald Trump Says He’ll Have His Own Obamacare ‘Replacement’ Plan Soon

01/11/2017 02:25 pm ET

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-obamacare-replacement-plan-soon_us_58766aa3e4b092a6cae46c6f

"At his first post-election press conference on Wednesday, president-elect Donald Trump said he will release his own plan to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act shortly after taking office. What he didn’t say is what that plan will be or how it will work."