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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts)
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 08:58 PM Mar 2017

Tom Price's Last Known Plan to Replace 'Obamacare' Ryan Said this is it!

Price's Proposal to Repeal the ACA

In 2015, Price introduced the Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 in the House.

In the legislation, he proposed an increase in the amount people could contribute to their health savings accounts, expanding tax-deductible contributions and allowing the accounts to pay some primary care fees.

The proposal included a requirement that HHS would "provide a grant to each state for high-risk pools or reinsurance pools to subsidize health insurance for high-risk populations and individuals."

High-risk health pools could be used to give people who are often challenged in finding affordable insurance because of existing conditions, age or other factors another option to find insurance outside of employer-based coverage.

Before the ACA, many states had high-risk pools to cover residents who otherwise would not be insured because of existing conditions. The Kaiser Family Foundation found that state high-risk pools often had significantly higher premiums and likely included just a small fraction of people who needed coverage.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/trump-health-human-services-picks-plan-replace-obamacare/story?id=43844269

Paul Ryan said today this is the plan, he does not want the responsibility so he is using Tom Prices plan, Price introduced the Empowering Patients First Act of 2015

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Tom Price's Last Known Plan to Replace 'Obamacare' Ryan Said this is it! (Original Post) mitty14u2 Mar 2017 OP
If you barely have money to survive living month to month kimbutgar Mar 2017 #1
Right? Cosmocat Mar 2017 #2

kimbutgar

(21,163 posts)
1. If you barely have money to survive living month to month
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 09:02 PM
Mar 2017

How the hell are you going to save in A health savings account?

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