If the NY Times is finding points of agreement in the repub healthcare plan; it's over.
We're on the path now to single payer and public socialized medicine. There will be private medicine for a time but that will pass with time.
Just a few facts for anyone that can understand them.
fact. 5 percent of Americans generate more than 50 percent of health care expenses.
So, IMO, patients with pre-existing conditions should not be in the insurance market. They need to be in a separate program.
fact. Any self-employed person pays the full 15% when it comes to FICA Tax.
These were the same people whose individual plans were canceled because the plans didn’t measure up under the law. About 7 million people.
fact. Workplace premiums for family plans jumped 9.4% the year after ObamaCare became law.
So for the repub plan to work, IMO, it would have to lower premiums, increase choice and competition, create jobs, and cut the deficit. And it won't happen with the mandates in place.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-...-bill/277/text
Just repeal the ACA.