Breaking the Health Care Logjam

If you can believe their public statements, there is agreement among Republican Senators that certain parts of the ACA should be repealed. Yet they allow their disagreements over new features to get in the way of the consensus that supposedly does exist. Here are some suggestions on how to break the logjam so that all Republican Senators can support a bill that partially fulfills the promise to repeal Obamacare without adding features which some of them can’t accept. There are at least six major components to the ACA: A bunch of really foolish taxes, such as a tax on tanning and a tax on medical devices. Mandates for employers and individuals to purchase health insurance. Rules governing various mandates for insurance policies to cover. Tax credits to subsidize insurance purchases for individuals. More than 100 agencies to help regulate the health care of free citizens in a free society. The worst is IPAB (”the death panel”). Medicaid rules and...(Read Full Article)