Posted on 03/19/2017 8:10:09 AM PDT by davikkm
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would raise health insurance costs in Nebraska faster than in most other states, according to a new report, and advocates say rural areas would be hardest-hit. The analysis was released last week as some members of Nebraska’s congressional delegation faced loud public opposition to the GOP plan at town hall meetings. Critics of the plan say Nebraska would see larger-than-average increases because it has a disproportionate share of older and low-income residents, many of whom received tax credits through the federal health insurance marketplace. The new congressional plan reduces the tax credits that many receive to offset their expense and eliminates cost-sharing reductions for low-income individuals.
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The fact that Obamacare forces people to buy coverage is irrefutable evidence that there was never any need for it in the first place.
Medicare and Medicaid will eat up the entire Federal budget in the next 8 years. Everywhere will be hardest hit then.
Messing up the repeal of Obamacare is the best way to kill the rest of Trump’s agenda. I simply don’t trust GOP to get this right. I don’t trust their competence, I don’t trust their motives.
I hate saying this, I’ve been GOP my entire life.
Too bad. Is this the Nebraska Kickback kicking Nebraskans back?
I was just thinking of the ‘Husker Handout’ and the Louisiana Purchase. I suppose La. will be hard hit as well.
Me either. The should've been ready on Jan. 20th.
To quote Mr. Spock...”the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few...or, the one!”
With any replacement plan there are going to be winners and losers, and the losers will always be vocal about it. Same with repeal and no replace. So the best thing would be to bite the bullet, repeal and not replace, and let the market sort things out the best it can.
This article follows up all those articles on who was hardest hit by Obamacare . . oh wait . .
Just the way Speaker of the House RINO RYAN wants it...
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