[DoodleDawg]

The subisidies are staying for now, scheduled to be reduced in the coming years.

Not in the Senate bill. Check stays.

Obviously there needs to be a higher price for obtaining insurance when you don't bother buying, and then get sick.

Which means you pay a penalty if you don't maintain coverage. You just pay it to the insurance company instead of the government. Check is back.

The rest is up to the states. The bill devolves a lot of power to the states.

The Senate bill removes the ability for the states to request a waiver on covering pre-existing conditions, though they can request a waiver on most of the rest of the Obamacare requirements. So the check is back there, too.

[palmer]

The amounts are decreased in the Senate bill under LONG-TERM STATE STABILITY AND INNO- VATION ALLOTMENTS. The idea that you can wait until you get sick until you purchase coverage is a government mandate against insurance companies (and all the people who maintain coverage). There is no "penalty" for dropping coverage. Only an extra charge if you want to get coverage after having none.

The Senate bill removes the ability for the states to request a waiver on covering pre-existing conditions,

I have not seen that, but if it is missing, then that would explain why I didn't see it.