The Republicans offered an alternative health reform
WASHINGTON, 7 Mar — news, Alexey Bogdanovsky. Republicans in the house of representatives announced on Monday the bill, which they intend to replace the health care reform undertaken by the previous President Barack Obama.
This is the first proposal of the Republicans, who then will undergo the procedure of prolonged bargaining and negotiation between the houses of Congress. As expected, the democratic minority in both houses of Congress will provide a fierce resistance to the actions of the Republicans.
A key aspect of the Republicans — the immediate abolition of penalties for individuals and employers for lack of health insurance. It is also planned to provide tax deductions to individuals and employers to purchase insurance. Most taxes related to previous reform, it is proposed to abolish as from 1 January 2018. It is also planned to limit the expansion of the program of medical assistance to the poor Medicaid under the Obamacare.
Trump and his Republican party have previously said that they intend as soon as possible to cancel a carried out by the Obama reform, this issue is extremely politicized on both parties of Congress. Health care reform 2010, received the informal name “Treatment of Obama” (Obamacare), suggests the poor subsidies for health insurance. At the same time, all Americans were obliged to buy insurance and fined for her absence.