Senate Obamacare repeal bill released.

[DanTex]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/politics/senate-leaders-unveil-bill-to-repeal-the-affordable-care-act.html

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who have promised a repeal of the Affordable Care Act for seven years, took a major step on Thursday toward that goal, unveiling a bill to cut Medicaid deeply and end the health law’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance.

The 142-page bill would create a new system of federal tax credits to help people buy health insurance, while offering states the ability to drop many of the benefits required by the Affordable Care Act, like maternity care, emergency services and mental health treatment.

The Senate bill — once promised as a top-to-bottom revamp of the health bill passed by the House last month — instead maintains its structure, with modest adjustments. The Senate version is, in some respects, more moderate than the House bill, offering more financial assistance to some lower-income people to help them defray the rapidly rising cost of private health insurance.

But the Senate measure, like the House bill, would phase out the extra money that the federal government has provided to states as an incentive to expand eligibility for Medicaid. And like the House measure, it would put the entire Medicaid program on a budget, ending the open-ended entitlement that now exists.

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[sandensea]

1. Let them take an aspirin is the new 'let them eat cake'

Didn't end very well the last time, did it.

[madamesilverspurs]

2. But Cornyn said

it's not the bill, it's merely a "discussion draft". And he and McConnell were smirking and laughing at the Democrats for "responding to a bill they haven't read," which is all anyone has to respond to.

If nothing else, this episode is proving that the GOP is utterly loathsome.

Gag.


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[mwooldri]

3. Healthcare rationing for Medicaid.

Hello long waiting lists!

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Life and Death

This is a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of people, otherwise I almost wish they'd just pass it so they could own the failure.

Face it though, even if it doesn't pass, they are going to continue to undermine O Care to the point where it eventually does collapse.