House Republicans Health Insurance Plan, No Subsidies Included

Obviously, no matter how good it is Democrats will vote against it, and it will never make it through the filibuster in the Senate

House GOP unveils health care bill without ObamaCare subsidies extension

House Republicans on Friday unveiled a health care bill they will bring to a vote next week that includes items that are broadly popular in the party, like cost sharing reductions and reforms to the pharmacy benefit manager industry, but will exclude extension of expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies.

House GOP leaders will allow an amendment vote on extending expiring Obamacare subsidies, a GOP leadership aide signaled, in a concession to moderates who had been calling to go on the record on the matter. The exact contours of the amendment are not yet settled.

“We expect that there will be an amendment that I believe is being worked on. So, the process will allow for that amendment,” a House Republican leadership aide said.

As distasteful as they are they subsidies should be kept for a year or two, allowing other measures to be put into place to decrease the premiums for real, not cover them up, which have gone up at least 10% ever since Obamacare went into effect.

The bill will also include a provision to make it easier for businesses to fund their own insurance plans, and protect themselves from going bankrupt from large, expensive claims.

It will expand association health plans, and will also include provisions to make the PBM industry more transparent.

It should allow for catastrophic plans, which Obamacare killed off. It should allow for more customized plans and erase a lot of the requirements. Men do not need measures meant for women only….oh, right, Democrats cannot tell the difference. The whole plan needs to be rejiggered so that it doesn’t end up being about giving money to the insurance companies who then have an incentive to keep costs high.

Eliminating all the waste and fraud would be helpful, as well

Hey, remember when the CBO said that Obamacare would pretty much pay for itself? And some of these false hoods?

But, Republicans did not get out and vote for Squishy Mitt Romney, who would have been a damned sight better than Obama, in 2012, which would have been the time to kill Ocare before it too effect.