Scott Walker unveils health care plan, emphasizing Obamacare repeal

Walker said if he is elected, he will send a proposal to Congress on the first day of his presidency that would repeal and replace the law with legislation that would provide tax credits to Americans of all income levels who don’t have employer-sponsored insurance.

In an opinion piece on Politico late on Monday, Rubio also called for tax credits for Americans who buy health insurance on their own, allowing people to buy coverage across state lines, and overhauling insurance regulations.

He would also allow for new health insurance purchasing agreements and deregulate the long-term care insurance market. To ensure in that Walker to repeal ObamaCare, he would need at the least 60 votes within the Senate, which presently has solely 54 Republicans. Every Republican candidate is going to release a plan very similar to this.

The health care law could represent tricky political ground for both sides. I figure the net cost, once you account for the end of Obamacare subsidies and other current outlays, is still in the neighborhood of $100 billion or so.

During an appearance at the Iowa State Fair, the Republican presidential candidate says the group that has claimed a swath of Iraq and Syria, and has gained a presence in other countries such as Egypt and Libya can be defeated without the U.S. sending front-line ground forces overseas.

Gov. Scott Walker has long been an opponent of the Affordable Care Act. Young people – those 17 years old and younger – would get a credit valued at $900, while older consumers between 50 and 64 years old would get a credit valued at $3,000.

A screenshot of HealthCare.gov, the federal government’s main site for health care reform…

As part of his plan, Walker would provide a flat funding amount for states to cover poor families with children regardless of how much state taxpayers spend or don’t spend. It compiled data on the number of people who have obtained insurance in Wisconsin, since the law creating the health care marketplace took effect. But he offered no details except to say that he would not change benefits for retirees or those about to retire. We must move Medicaid into a per-capita block grant system, preserving funding for its recipients while freeing states from Washington mandates. First and foremost, Bush plans to privatize more veterans’ care since the Obama administration has not properly addressed the scandal involving extreme care backlogs and cover-up revelations that engulfed the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The fact that he was willing to take that chance, however, could be a sign that as he releases more policy proposals, Walker will represent the sort of pragmatic reform conservatism that he pursued as governor, when, for instance, he instituted sweeping collective bargaining reforms that nonetheless exempted police and firefighters.