The Kansas City Star Dave Helling column
Do not be deceived. The measure has very little to do with Obamacare.
The bill doesn't repeal the ACA. It reduces subsidies and credits for the purchase of insurance on the private market and gives states the right to reduce minimum standards for policies, but the fundamental structure of the ACA remains relatively intact.
Some conservative senators oppose it for just that reason, deriding the measure as Obamacare lite.
The
But by far the biggest reductions in the
Monday, the
That projection may be artificially low. The cuts are phased in, so their full impact won't be felt until after 2026, which is beyond the timeframe of the CBO's analysis.
But by 2026, CBO says, 15 million fewer Americans will be able to obtain Medicaid coverage than under current law. That's about 30 percent of the 49 million uninsured Americans predicted for that year.
Will cutting Medicaid help the federal deficit? To a point. But the cuts are in the
The tax cuts in the
This might not mean much to most Americans who aren't on Medicaid and aren't high-income earners.
But for Americans of a certain age, the
This fiscal year, the
The current
In this context, it's hard to see the
I know -- Trump promised not to touch
Broad conservative resistance to public social programs such as
In that sense, the
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