As first discussed on Friday, in order to overcome vocal objections to Obamacare repeal by conservative republicans, the White House won the support of the Republican Study Committee members by agreeing to give states the option to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients and the option to block grant Medicaid instead of the cap system in the bill. Today, during the Sunday morning TV circuit, Paul Ryan elaborated further that House Republicans are working on additional changes to the Obamcare repeal bill which seek to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans, while confirming the addition of the work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Paul Ryan said Republican leaders still plan to bring the healthcare bill to a vote on the House of Representatives floor on Thursday, adding that leaders were working to address concerns that had been raised by rank-and-file Republicans to the legislation.
“We think we should be offering even more assistance than the bill currently does,” for lower-income people age 50 to 64, Ryan said of the tax credits for health insurance that are proposed in the legislation, one week after the CBO found it would cause higher premiums for people in their 50s and 60s. Ryan also said Republicans are working on changes that would allow federal block grants to states for Medicaid.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Mar 19, 2017.
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