Even the right wing is aghast at Trump’s Obamacare replacement
Debate begins on a bill that could cut 20-million people off from affordable healthcare — many of them Trump’s support base
Washington — Avik Roy says the Republican Obamacare replacement bill would make health insurance unaffordable for the poor. Robert Laszewski calls it a "mind-boggling" approach that could collapse the individual market. Seth Chandler warns it could put care out of reach for older Americans. And that is just wonks on the right. The effects of the long-promised measure to roll back Barack Obama’s signature 2010 legislation would fall mainly on the poor, a fact that has set off opposition from both left and the right. The bill would cut taxes to the tune of about $575bn over a decade, mainly on the wealthy and health-insurance companies. It would limit money channeled to low-income people, raise costs for older Americans and wind down the expansion of Medicaid. "There’s no question the goal is to substantially reduce the federal commitment to providing subsidised care for the low-income population," said Len Nichols, a health policy professor at George Mason University. "The very popul...
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