“So it’s a repeal that isn’t really a repeal.”
Both Ryan and Paul repeal the Obamacare mandate and taxes.
Not true. Ryancare doesn't repeal the individual mandate. It revises the penalty to $0. This change is on page 83/84. It amends the Internal Revenue code 5000A and leaves the requirement for insurance in place. It remains in place because the federal penalty has been replaced with an insurance fine.
But retain the requirement to cover pre-existing conditions as well as the subsidies. So they keep the cost of the entitlement and ensure that coverage will cost more than before Obamacare. An improvement how?
It shifts the cost burden for the uninsured to the government. Thats all. And I don't even think in it's current form that it gets rid of the IRS reg.