Walker Unveils Health Care Reform Plan, Faces Heat from Fellow GOP Candidate

Pro-life Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker has unveiled a new plan to repeal Obamacare, which pro-life groups steadfastly oppose because it funds abortions and can lead to rationing health care.

“My plan would give more entities the freedom to compete to offer coverage, thereby expanding choices and lowering the cost of health care“.

Walker presented his health care plan titled “The Day One Patient Freedom Plan” from the Cass Screw Machine Products in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Walker’s plan, to be announced today in a speech in suburban Minneapolis, does not include a cost figure or an estimate of the number of people who would be covered.

The Republican health care wars have begun.

It didn’t take long for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, another White House contender, to label the tax-credit method as another entitlement on par with Obamacare itself.

“If you’ve had it with Obamacare and you want someone who is going to do something about it, I am your candidate”.

Walker also proposes linking the amount of the tax refund — between $900 and $3,000 — to age, rather than income.

The Supreme Court in June upheld a key portion of the Affordable Care Act allowing for federal subsidies to defray the cost of coverage, a major defeat for opponents of the law.

On Monday, Rubio published an op-ed in Politico outlining his health care plan, but it largely rehashed talking points from another opinion piece published earlier this year and offered few specific policy recommendations.

“By repealing Obamacare, we are getting rid of the spending and taxes and this ends up being a tax cut of $1 trillion”, Walker said.

He said consumers should be able to buy health insurance across state lines, although it was not immediately clear where consumers would buy it or what would happen to the current exchanges.

More than 2 million Americans are probably paying more than they have to for health insurance and healthcare, a new analysis shows.

Tax credits for people would be based on age and not income. A reoccurring statement during his speech was that he wants patients and their families in control of their health.

Facing pressure from slumping poll numbers, the governor drew a sharp contrast Tuesday between himself and Republicans in Congress who have not yet acted on campaign promises to pass a repeal of Obamacare.

Walker says his plan would enable all Americans to obtain affordable health insurance, which is the goal of the ACA. In politics, it has been a left/right political war over who is right on the bill, but many have seen ObamaCare drive up their premiums since January, 2015.

Republican presidential candidate and Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa August 17, 2015. Rubio, meanwhile, says he supports establishing state-based high-risk pools and extending refundable tax credits. But, in order to be guaranteed affordable coverage without regard to pre-existing medical problems, individuals would have to “maintain continuous, creditable coverage”.