Republicans Unveil Health Care Bill to Bridge Gaps in Party
- Plan would create tax credits, end health insurance mandate
- No estimate of proposal’s cost or how many will be covered
Here's How the GOP Plans to Unwind Obamacare
This article is for subscribers only.
Republicans unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, proposing to phase out key parts of the law over several years as they try to break a stalemate between moderates and conservatives in their party.
Called the American Health Care Act, the proposal includes a refundable, age-based tax credit to help people buy insurance. It ends Obamacare’s requirement to have coverage, and would eventually eliminate many taxes used to fund the 2010 law. Other changes, like a wind-down of an expansion of Medicaid, are phased in over a period of years.