The effects of a repeal of ACA

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A lot of this hinges on the details of the Republicans' plan. Since Martha receives subsidies to help cover the costs of her plan, a number of the replacement proposals floated by the GOP could affect how much she receives. Additionally, a number of plans would institute high-risk pools, which are separate markets reserved just for people with preexisting conditions. These existed before the ACA and generally had astronomically high costs and limited utilization. The other issue is that any change to the law may be rejected by Democrats. If Republicans want to make any larger changes outside the budget process they would need Democrats on board. If the GOP advances a bill that changes coverage in some way or rolls back parts of the ACA that do not deal with the federal budget, Democrats may block a replacement using the filibuster. Additionally, if even a few Republicans in the Senate don't like the replacement, that could sidetrack the process. If the GOP moves ahead with the repeal while Democrats object to changes to the law, it could make the road that Martha is on even more winding.

Obamacare repeal-replace effects - Business Insider

Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO) tweeted Friday that he was excited to return home to Colorado this weekend, but things didn’t go very well when he got there. On Saturday, his open meeting to chat with constituents at the Aurora Central Library was overwhelmed by voters particularly concerned about the fate of their health care if the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) is repealed — a plan Coffman supports — without a replacement put in place. Rather than meet with most of them or even address them, he left the event via a back door and escaped in a waiting vehicle.

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Should President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans make good on their pledge to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, the repeal of a handful of tax increases on individuals and businesses and the elimination of a federal tax credit that subsidizes health insurance premiums likely would result in a massive windfall for wealthy households and a financial setback for low and moderate-income people, according to a new study. Indeed, the 400 highest income taxpayers in the country could receive millions of dollars in tax relief next year while middle and lower income Americans would come up empty or in the hole, according to the report by the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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Despite characterizing themselves as the party of fiscal conservatism, Republicans are planning on pushing through a legislative agenda under President-elect Donald Trump that will cause the deficit to balloon. These include an important method for repealing the Affordable Care Act, namely a budget resolution that will add $9 trillion to the debt by 2026. The actual Affordable Care Act repeal will eliminate more than $1 trillion in revenue that had been acquired through taxes included in the bill in order to maintain a balanced budget.

Finally, Republicans are considering passage of a spending bill in excess of $1 trillion to complete unfinished Cabinet budgets, one that is expected to include allocations for expensive Trump proposals like a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border. “One of the things that we’re focusing on is getting people back to work, is economic growth,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said to reporters on Tuesday. “You can’t ever balance the budget if you don’t get this economy growing.” In 2011, though, Ryan had said, “The country’s biggest challenge, domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis.”

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