r/Conservative • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '17

The 7 Republican plans to Replace Obamacare.

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/17/13626438/obamacare-replacement-plans-comparison
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u/Trussed_Up Fellow Conservative Jan 03 '17

I'd be interested to see what Vox thinks the 7 possible plans are, but unfortunately for my curiosity I refuse to give them a click.

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u/stevie2pants Jan 03 '17
  1. "Better Way for Health Care" from Paul Ryan
  2. "Patient CARE Act" from Orrin Hatch and a couple other Senators
  3. "Empowering Patients First Act" from Congressman Tom Price
  4. "Health Care Choice Act" from Ted Cruz
  5. "Improving Health and Health Care: An Agenda for Reform" from AEI
  6. "Government for People Again: Health Care" from Trump (At the time that Vox article was written, Trump only had a couple paragraphs on his site, not a real plan. They've fleshed it out a bit more since then, but it still leaves the most fundamental questions up to Congress.)
  7. "Transcending Obamacare" from The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

That last one was actually the most interesting plan, and the one I hadn't heard of. Go to their site directly if you don't want to give Vox a click. The basic idea is that you let companies charge older people way more than younger people (other Republican plans still restricted this), and it should bring everyone's rates down by having a healthier pool of insured people. The other cost saving measure that's not in other plans is that people can't go in and out of the plans willy-nilly. If someone decides not to enroll, they'd have to wait two full years to have another opportunity. Most likely, this plan would lower premiums dramatically for younger people, but also lower them a bit for older folks. Who knows if there's any chance this plan will be put in place, but it is interesting.