Here's the plan Trump's health secretary pick doesn't want to discuss

[Jimbo101]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/17/news/economy/tom-price-trump-obamacare/index.html

Donald Trump's choice for Health and Human Services secretary is one of the few Republican lawmakers with a detailed plan to replace Obamacare. And Tom Price is likely to have a major impact on the incoming administration's efforts to overhaul the law.

But don't be surprised if he keeps mum about his proposal -- and Trump's -- at his appearance before the Senate Health Committee Wednesday.

Like many Republican proposals, Price would give refundable tax credits to those who buy policies in the individual market.

Price actually lays out how much people would receive. The credits would be adjusted by age, ranging from $1,200 for those age 18 to 35 to $3,000 for those age 50 and up.

Reduce assistance for many lower-income folks

Bolster Health Savings Accounts

Cap tax advantages of employer-sponsored plans

Push high-risk pools for the sick

(same as the old plan - but with worse ideas added to it)

[procon]

1. Some Republican politician was touting Health Savings Accounts.

That's their big plan, everyone has to buy an individual HSA with the out of pocket costs set so high it that would basically only kick in for catastrophic coverage. So everyone would be paying monthly fees some investment company to gamble your HSA money in the stock market, and yeah, you could lose everything. There's no buffer against the stock market collapsing.

The Plan is separate from state to state, so if you get really sick on a visit to Cousin Billy Bob in Texas, who knows if you will get the same quality of care as Calif. When Republicans brag that costs will go down if patients have to put some skin in the game, what they mean is that your routine medical care is no longer a plan benefit and the costs are coming straight out of your wallet. If you have to choose between a mammogram and school shoes, or your diabetes drugs and repairing the car, you're damn right people wont be spending as much on their healthcare.

So corporate healthcare providers benefit by providing fewer benefits, and Wall Street benefits with an influx of fresh blood; us peons... not so much.