I still need to dive into it later in the week but at first glance I don’t hate but don’t love it either. I disagree with some here that we don’t need a replacement. We do because it’s not like the federal government wasn’t already knee deep in healthcare. We have to fix what was broken over 60 years. Plus, politically it is necessary to have a plan other than just repeal because the charge will be that we are ‘taking away’ people’s healthcare.
. What I don’t love so far is the introduction of new tax credits. I think it sidesteps the core issues and opens up a new endless growth in pandering. I look forward to diving in to this further to see what else he is proposing. I am willing to take some bad if there is a lot of good.
This is the same plan that has been in the Senate for months that was written by Coburn, Hatch and Burr. Since Coburn’s retirement, Tom Price has been advancing it.