Posted on 03/06/2017 4:34:20 PM PST by Kaslin
House Republicans on Monday evening released the text of their long-awaited ObamaCare replacement bill, calling to eliminate the myriad taxes and penalties tied to the original legislation while still preserving certain patient protections
The bill, called the American Health Care Act, can be read online at readthebill.gop.
The sweeping legislation would repeal ObamaCare’s taxes along with the so-called individual and employer insurance mandates. It also would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies, replacing them with tax credits for consumers
“We begin by repealing the awful taxes, the mandate penalties and the subsidies in ObamaCare,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, told Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier” in an exclusive interview.
Asked about some conservatives’ concerns that GOP leaders are merely pushing ‘ObamaCare Lite,’ Brady countered, “It is ObamaCare gone.”
The first test for GOP leaders, who have been under heavy pressure ever since President Trump took office to release a bill, will be whether the text satisfies the influential conservative wing of the party – which has the numbers to torpedo the legislation. But it is a balancing act, as moderate Republican lawmakers, as well as governors of both parties, also have warned against going too far in rolling back consumer protections and benefits.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
It let’s stand the Internal Revenue Code mandate, but reduces the penalties to $0.
Which is useless since the penalty can always be implemented again.
That will probably be a deal breaker for most conservative Republicans, as it should be.
First they ought to repeal. Then work on replace
They should have only given Republicans copies of it and told Democrats that they’d have to vote for it before they could see what’s in it.
The third sentence says it would get rid of taxes and mandates.
Trump killed the mandate with an EO his 2nd or 3rd day in office.
I’m sorry, I don’t know which third sentence of what. Are you reading the actual bill?
123 pages instead of over 2,000... I like it better already.
...
We don’t have to pass it to see what’s in it.
Enforced by the IRS?
I wish they had taken Paul’s recommendations. They wouldn’t even allow him in the meeting. Shameful.
I’m reading the third sentence of this post. But now I’ve read something else that makes me wonder if they’re playing dictionary and changing “tax” and “mandate” to “penalty”.
Yep, the problem is that what is in it needs plenty of help.
If Congress just repealed the entire Obamacare law they probably could have done a better job with a whole new plan in less than 123 pages.
You have to read the bill, specifically page 83 and 84. The language there doesn’t repeal anything. It revises the Internal Revenue Code. It’s a tweak. It leaves the mandate and penalty language in place. It reduces the penalty to $0. That’s page 83 and 84 of the bill.
Stop listening to Chuckie Schumer
“The mandate is still in effect”
That section you read pertained to someone buying a policy outside of enrollment periods. In that case, a policy premium may be applied for the balance of the year. I presume this would be for someone picking up insurance when they get sick.
The repeal of the mandate is here (I think):
SEC.05 INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.
(a) IN GENERAL
Section 5000A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘2.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘Zero percent’’, and
(2) in paragraph (3)
(A) by striking ‘‘$695’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘$0’’, and
(B) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE
The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2015.
SEC. 06. EMPLOYER MANDATE.
(a) IN GENERAL
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘($0 in the case of months beginning after December 31, 2015)’’ after ‘‘$2,000’’.
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 4980H(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘($0 in the case of months beginning after December 31, 2015)’’ after ‘‘$3,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE
The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2015.
That doesn’t remove the mandate. That reduces the penalty to $0.
So, if the language for the mandate and penalty are in place, they can sneak it up a few dollars a year? That would be unacceptable.
which can be restored if a dem wins the whitehouse...the MANDATE HAS TO BE REPEALED!!!....they’ll never get that again..it was a fluke election in 2008 and they still had a hard time getting that thru....all the other stuff can be messed around with later. Gotta get rid of the mandate.
I’m writing my state rep.
As I recollect the original commie care bill, there was no section that said “Mandate - Everyone will have insurance.”
However, there was a section describing penalties for not having insurance.
And it was that penalty that all referred to as “the mandate”.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.