Posted on 12/20/2017 9:36:56 AM PST by GIdget2004
President Trump on Wednesday claimed the Republican tax plan “essentially” repeals former President Obama’s signature health-care law.
“When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means ObamaCare is being repealed,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. “We have essentially repealed ObamaCare and we will come up with something much better.”
The GOP tax overhaul gets rid of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, which requires almost all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a fine.
Trump said he refrained from playing up that measure because he was worried about how the news media would report it, but added “now that it’s approved, I can say that.”
Despite Trump’s claim, the tax bill does not repeal ObamaCare entirely.
People will still be able to purchase insurance through individual marketplaces, Medicaid expansion is preserved and consumer protections remain in place.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
House (Re)voting now!
True. The mandate is the lynchpin of Obiecare. Without it the whole ponzu scheme falls like a house of cards.
It takes out one of many onerous measures.
8,000 pages still in effect.
And the insurance subsidies will be authorized by Congress.
Probably in the CR Friday.
It’s “one step forward... “.
Maybe some of the Dems will wise up and vote for it.
But the Nevertrumpers said this could never happen.
“Trump: GOP tax bill ‘essentially’ repeals ObamaCare’
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Obamacare was just a redistribution of WORKING FOLKS’ money....another welfare program.
Are the subsidies still in place? Are the offsets for the insurance companies still in place? Are the Obamacare taxes still in place? Then Obamacare is alive and well.
Does the bill actually repeal the individual mandate, or does it merely reduce the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance to $0?
There is a huge difference between the two.
None, so far. 8 pubbies, so far, have voted against it though.
As of this typing: 155 Yea; 142 Nay.
First Trump destroys their soros marxist net neutrality
Now their Obmacare is gone!
I'm enjoying the tears of democrats especially the melenial communists crying over their net neutrality gone !
Fedzilla is still collecting all of your medical records.
Those remaining pages may be “in effect”, but are now largely difficult or impossible to enforce.
Learn it, live it, love it.
One thing my mind can't resolve. The opioid crisis has spun way out of control with expanded Medicaid and Obamacare offering easy access to doctors and prescriptions that provide pharmaceutical poisons. Is there a connection? Maybe less people will become addicted if they know they're accountable for their decisions.
No it doesn’t repeal it!! Not a single bit! That’s like saying someone will willing drop their employer supplemented healthcare just because! This mantra that it will kill it is a load of crap! Tax payer supplemented and funded Obamacare is still there! People who use Obamacare to receive free healthcare will still use it. Those that don’t have health insurance but need it will still use it! All laws with respect to Obamacare still exist.
Spin spin spin
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