I have been reading all kinds of conflicting articles on Ryan's proposed 'repeal and replace'

Here's and overview with link to the bills.

I haven't had time to thoroughly analyze While there are many good points I am disappointed that there isn't a total repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

Note: Per capita caps is a system of provider reimbursement under which the provides recieves x$ per person, usually based upon sex and age. Any money the provider does not spend the provider keeps. Any costs above the cap the provider absorbs


House Republicans Release Plan To Repeal and Replace Obamacare: Key Highlights
by Tyler Durden
Mar 7, 2017 5:40 AM

Update: A seemingly angry (judging by the tone) Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer obviously had to lash out and dismiss the Republican's plan for "TrumpCare"..

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"Trumpcare doesn't replace the Affordable Care Act, it forces millions of Americans to pay more for less care. This plan would cut and cap Medicaid, defund Planned Parenthood, and force Americans, particularly older Americans, to pay more out of pocket for their medical care all so insurance companies can pad their bottom line.

It cuts taxes on the rich to make middle class families pay more. To make matters worse, this sham of a replacement would rip treatment away from hundreds of thousands of Americans dealing with opioid addiction, breaking the President's word that he would expand treatment, not cut it.

This bill is a giveaway to the wealthy and insurance companies at the expense of American families, and Senate Democrats will work hard to see that it is defeated."

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Wow, sounds like a nightmare. Let's see what the bill actually says.

As we detailed earlier, on Monday afternoon, House Republicans in both the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees, unveiled their long-awaited legislation as part of House Republicans effort to repeal and replace Obamacare through the reconciliation process. The measure would roll back the government's health care role and is expected to result in fewer people having insurance coverage; however, due to strong opposition among key republicans to the proposed plan, there is a high likelihood the bills will not pass in their current form.

Upon releasing the legislation, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden said: “After years of Obamacare’s broken promises, House Republicans today took an important step. We’ve spent the last eight years listening to folks across this country, and today we’re proud to put forth a plan that reflects eight years’ worth of those conversations with families, patients, and doctors. Simply put, we have a Better Way to deliver solutions that put patients – not bureaucrats – first, and we are moving forward united in our efforts to rescue the American people from the mess Obamacare has created.

“With today’s legislation, we return power back to the states - strengthening Medicaid and prioritizing our nation’s most vulnerable. We provide the American people with what they’ve asked for: greater choice, lower cost, and flexibility to choose the plan that best suits their needs. Today is just the first step in helping families across this country obtain truly affordable health care, and we’re eager to get this rescue mission started.”

The plan would dismantle the key aspects of ObamaCare, including subsidies to help people buy coverage, the law's fines on people who don't purchase health insurance, the expansion of Medicaid, and drop the plan to tax employer-sponsored plans. The bills can be found here and here.

A breakdown of core aspects removed from the existing law (courtesy of Axios):

Here are f few more points of view:

Paul Ryan Replaces Obamacare’s Insurance Penalties with Even Larger Penalties
by Sean Moran9 Mar 20172,946

Paul Ryan’s Obamacare-lite plan will replace Obamacare’s health mandate penalty with an even larger penalty.

Paul Ryan’s Obamacare-lite plan will replace the individual mandate penalty with a premium surcharge for failing to maintain health insurance coverage over 63 days. Individuals without insurance face a 30 percent surcharge of their monthly premium. The penalty will fill the coffers of the insurance companies instead of the government.

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/...rger-penalties/

Personally I wouldn't trust Paul Ryan with taking care of my pet rock.

Ryan Warns: If We Don’t Pass My Bill, ‘The System Is Going to Collapse’
‘This is historic, this is historic’
Mar 12, 2017
Ryan firmly believes his bill — the American Health Care Act — is the best and the only effective solution to fixing the post-Obamacare health care system. “Let me put it this way: Obamacare is collapsing. If we just did nothing, washed our hands of the situation, we would see a further collapse of the health insurance markets,” Ryan said Sunday on “Face The Nation.” “If we don’t act, the system is going to collapse.”

Another analysis



Is the Republican Health-Care Plan 'Obamacare Lite'?
What’s in the House GOP’s new scheme to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Vann R. Newkirk II Mar 6, 2017

On Monday evening, the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees released the two long-awaited components of the House GOP’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Although intense secrecy from House aides and a hunt for the bill last week involving Senator Rand Paul and a gaggle of reporters had raised expectations of dramatic changes, the bills that will go into markup Wednesday in the committees look pretty similar to a draft version of the bill that leaked a few weeks ago.

The two components—called the “American Health Care Act” in tandem—are intended to be passed by the reconciliation budgetary process, and as such only contain provisions that pertain to budgetary items, like the amount of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate tax or the Medicaid funding granted to states. The whole bill has yet to be scored by the Congressional Budget Office, a critical step that will determine both the number of people projected to gain or lose coverage under the law, and the amount of spending or saving it would incur.

In advance of that scoring, the general shape of the bill has been criticized from both sides even within Republican circles. Some, like the members of the more conservative Freedom Caucus in the House and Senator Rand Paul, have derided the tax credits as “Obamacare lite.” On the other side, some have blasted the idea of pulling Medicaid coverage away from sick, rural Americans who just became eligible under the ACA and enjoy their coverage. With the bill now public, it’s clear that while the framework does maintain some key Obamacare provisions, it also still would fundamentally reshape health policy—and reassign who reaps most of the benefits. Here’s a breakdown of what’s in the drafts:

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...-and-no/518772/

Quote: Cincinnatus wrote in post #5

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No one seems to ask if government involvement in individual health care and insurance is in any way Constitutional. It isn't. But once you establish an entitlement you can never be rid of it. The federal government now assumes yet another power which is not granted to it along with the financial and regulatory burden it will entail. Socialism wins yet another victory and limited government takes another blow. But everybody's happy, happy, happy, 'cause Big Daddy is going to take care of them, and it won't cost anyone a cent.

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