Lauren Batchelder, Jeb Bush volunteer, confronts Donald Trump on women’s rights

Bush spokesperson Allie Brandenburger said that “Obamacare” represents a takeover of a large part of the economy, and “epitomizes why Americans are fed up with Washington”. The Floridian guaranteed, however, that people with pre-existing health conditions would continue to be covered.

Joe Antos, Wilson H. Taylor scholar in healthcare and retirement policy at the American Enterprise Institute, said Bush’s plan isn’t new or radical, but accomplishes most of the goals of his party.

“We have genomic medicine that can personalize treatment of cancer and other diseases”, Bush said. “His proposal is in contrast to the sharply federal, top-down, highly regulatory approach of the Affordable Care Act”. “For example, a lot of candidates say they’re pro-life, but how many have actually been in the unique situation where they have to show strength in that area?” And he would put caps on federal payments to states and create a roughly 18-month “transition plan” for 17 million people “entangled” in the Affordable Care Act to move into new policies.

Bush, who earlier this year was the heavy favorite for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination but is now fighting to rise in the polls, made clear he feels that Senator Marco Rubio, a competitor with Bush for the establishment Republican wing, does not have enough experience.

Bush wants a system that protects people from worst-case scenarios rather than comprehensive coverage that includes services they may not want.

Those not able to get insurance from their work would receive an unspecified tax credit to purchase private insurance, and all federal subsidies for such plans would be eliminated.

“Well, Hillary Clinton supports [Obamacare], and so does Bernie Sanders and other Democrats”, Jeb Bush noted. They would be calculated on the average tax benefit received by workers who are covered by their employers.

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a small business town hall meeting.

He also said repealing Obamacare would make it easier for employers to add jobs without worrying about penalties or additional costs for health insurance. Bush’s plans assert that individual choice will lead to better healthcare in the country.

The plan did not address Medicare; Bush said he plans to release a more detailed Medicare reform proposal at a later date.

Capping Medicaid expenditures and tying assistance to a consumer’s age, as Bush would do, rather than to income, would nearly certainly leave many low- and middle-income Americans with fewer protections.

He’d also expand health savings accounts, which are growing rapidly and have proved to be an effective way to control costs.