Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the highly anticipated version of his Obamacare replacement plan. Unfortunately for the Kentucky senator, many in his own caucus have huge problems with the legislation.
Axios’ Sara Fischer joined WLS-AM 890 to report on what is expected next.
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Every health care policy comes with trade-offs. Everything has winners and losers.
- The biggest winners under the GOP bill would be young people who don’t use much health care — the “losers” under the ACA. Those consumers would no longer face a penalty for going uninsured. They’d get bigger subsidies than they’re getting now. And the broader shifts in the healthcare market would favor people who don’t need to use it.
- The losers, broadly, are older consumers and the poor. Although the bill phases in its Medicaid cuts more slowly than its House counterpart, once they took effect, the Senate’s cuts would be deeper. And in the individual insurance market, older consumers would see their financial assistance shrink.
