Walker urges tax credits instead of Obamacare

“On my first day as president, I will send legislation to the Congress to once and for all repeal Obamacare entirely and then along with it we’re going to replace it in a way that puts patients and their families…back in charge of their health care – not the federal government”, Walker said.

Walker’s plan is 15 pages, but five of those pages contain only logos and three more pages are devoted to tearing apart the health-care law.

The centerpiece to his entire ObamaCare replacement proposal is allowing states more control over health care, which includes less intrusion in health care decisions, such as allowing children to stay under their parent’s health care until they are 26 years old.

It’s the same Republican health care “reform” puzzle pieces assembled in a slightly new way.

Cincinnati.com on Monday reported about Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s position on the issue, which it titled “Kasich-care: Priorities like Obamacare, without mandates.”

“Governor Walker makes the same mistake President Obama did: creating a new entitlement program we can’t afford”, tweeted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, another GOP presidential hopeful, on Tuesday. This is…a little hard to believe since a quick swag suggests that the gross cost of Walker’s tax credits will run about $200 billion per year.

Ensure affordable and accessible health insurance for everyone. But credits of $900 to $3,000 would be grounded on the age of the enrollee rather than on their income.

Unlike Walker’s plan, Obamacare provides insurance tax credits to people based primarily on income-between 133 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level-with the aim of helping lower-income people afford coverage. He said it’s the first major policy plan to be rolled out by a Republican candidate during what he called the active campaign period.

Everyone in the Republican field agrees on Obamacare repeal. “With this Obamacare lite health care proposal, he’s going to have to drop those lines from his speech”.

From the last week of February through June, almost 44,000 Pennsylvanians selected insurance plans through HealthCare.gov, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

“This gives them a way to get an affordable healthcare plan”, he said in a speech in Minnesota, highlighting the plan’s tax credits.

One other thing worth noting: Walker’s tax credits would, at best, pay only for catastrophic coverage. Instead of subsidies, which are now offered under Obamacare, Walker’s plan would provide age-based refundable tax credits for people who lack employer-sponsored health coverage.

But repealing the ACA is no easy feat.

The Walker plan says it would “protect all Americans with pre-existing conditions” but when you read the fine print, you realize that’s not accurate. He added that “many of the ideas, like sale of insurance across state lines and preexisting condition high risk pools have been tried and failed”.

Walker wrote his plan would increase health coverage options for individuals and businesses, eliminating regulations put forth by the Obamacare plan. Another Commonwealth Fund report from the same year found that between 2004 and 2007, about 89 million people had a gap in coverage of at least one month.