Conservative group outlines new plan to roll back Obamacare
The plan, outlined in a seven-page blueprint unveiled Tuesday, faces long odds on
But the new call underscores how committed many
And the plan's recommendations may serve as a guidepost for
"It's time that
The report's authors, from the
The core of the plan is a proposal to shift hundreds of billions of dollars provided by the health care law to expand coverage into block grants to states. A similar concept was rejected by
The new approach would scrap many of the current law's insurance protections, including its system of guaranteeing coverage to low-income Americans through either Medicaid or subsidized commercial insurance.
With the block grant of federal funds, states could craft their own systems for providing coverage, though with several requirements. These include a mandate that at least half of the money be used to help low-income people and that half be used for commercial health insurance, rather than a government program. These two pots of money overlap.
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