Is the Mandate gone with this version.
If no, it is usless.
We have to pass the bill before we get to see what’s in it.
Excellent question and comment.
Depends what you mean by “mandate”.
If you mean the individual mandate (forcing people to buy health insurance) then yes.
If you mean the mandate forcing insurance companies to insure everyone, regardless of condition, then the answer is yes and no. Depends what state you live in and if that state seems amenable to applying for a waiver to opt out of such a mandate.
If you mean the employer mandate, forcing larger companies to provide health insurance to full time employees then yes that’s stopped too.
These reasons are why I said this seems acceptable to me. But it’s not a “repeal and replace” it’s more like a retool of Obamacare really. The basic concept remains intact: saddling the fedgov with more unfunded liability to make “healthcare affordable for all”. Also giving more power to the fedgov too.
I guess this is the best that could be “negotiated”. (And the many votes for simple repeal while Obama was president were indeed just for show)