Does the AHCA take away a veterans tax credit?
As the
According to Takano, who sits on the House veterans affairs committee, the bill jeopardizes an Obamacare tax credit for 7 million veterans who are eligible for, but not enrolled in, health care provided by the
"This is not fear-mongering, this is not hyperbole," Takano said. "This is the text of the bill we are voting on today."
The bill passed the House 217-213 with no Democratic support. It now goes to the
"The
"Veterans who are not enrolled in the
Takano and Calvert represent neighboring districts in western
Sparring over the tax credit is part of the fallout from the bitter fight over the Affordable Care Act, the landmark legislative accomplishment of President
For seven years, congressional
With
A compromise allowing states to seek a waiver from certain Obamacare regulations, including rules restricting higher charges on older people and those with pre-existing conditions, helped get the American Health Care Act through the House.
Democrats chastised the
In a telephone interview, Takano said the original version of the
"(The
Takano added he has no faith in the Trump administration's ability to write the fine regulatory print needed to protect the tax credit. "They just have a disdain for governing," he said.
According to information provided by Calvert's office, House committees spent 69 hours debating the
Rep.
"Language that would have codified (the tax credits) was removed from an earlier version of the bill to comply with
" ... I am disturbed that our colleagues in the minority would assert that it does in an effort to score political points against this legislation. Fear-mongering has no place in this debate or where America's veterans are concerned."
"All the mechanics that were in place for the Affordable Care Act to provide tax credits and subsidies get replaced en masse with tax credits proposed in the American Health Care Act," Fuller said.
"I don't see anything in the bill that saved (the veterans' credit). I don't think (the
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