© Washington Post
House Republicans published their Obamacare replacement legislation, entitled the American Health Care Act, on Monday. Their 123-page proposal, which is supported by the Trump administration, would give power and decision-making back to the states, restore the free market to health insurance, and provide $10 billion a year from Congress to the states to subsidize Medicaid and ensure continuing coverage, the bill's architects said. Tax credits toward health care would be available immediately, grow with age, expand with family, and transfer with employment.
The House GOP proposal was met with a tepid reception in the upper chamber, with a dozen Republican senators saying they were uncertain whether they would vote for it, according to The Hill's latest whip count. Paul is the only one to definitively say he will vote against it.
"The Republican Party is unified on Obamacare repeal," Paul said in a statement. "We can honor our promise right away by passing the same language we acted on in the last Congress. Then, we can have a separate vote on replacement legislation that will deliver lower costs, better care, and greater access to the American people."
Comment: The US healthcare system is on life-support, both proponents and antagonists are in political comas, and the media promotes products ad nauseam that will kill off the population before their skyrocketing premiums are due. What's to fix?