Obamacare 2.0: Paul Ryan’s ACA Replacement Does Not Remove Subsidies for
Illegal Immigrant Healthcare, by Heidi Hecht, 3/23/17
A last-minute amendment to Paul
Ryan’s proposed replacement for Obamacare could leave taxpayers on the hook for
health care provided to illegal aliens. Conservatives who have kept track of
proceedings related to Republican attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable
Care Act are now asking voters to contact members of Congress to ask them to
oppose specific changes outlined in a document titled “Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations
Relating to Repeal and Replace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act” as soon as possible to make sure
that this and any other potentially harmful amendments to the replacement bill
do not pass.
Paul
Ryan’s ACA Replacement Does Not Remove
Subsidies for Illegal Immigrant Healthcare If the bill passes, Forbes estimates that taxpayers could be forced to continue paying as much as $6.5
billion dollars per year to support heath care costs for illegal immigrants.
Not even Forbes was able to track the entire amount, though, because sanctuary
cities that protect illegals refuse to release the data on how much money is
being used for this purpose.
Conservatives
observers give credit to Congressman Lou Barletta (R-PA) for revealing this harmful amendment as she says that
as many as 500,000 illegal immigrants have received Obamacare subsidies and
passed the bill to American taxpayers.
This bill also fails to scuttle
other harmful components of Obamacare such as a refusal to allow health
insurance companies to compete across state lines, which limits the amount of
choices that consumers in each state have when shopping for health insurance.
This creates effective insurance oligarchies in each state that can set both
health insurance premiums and deductible higher than they would have been
otherwise.
The bill also fails to address
concerns about “death panels” that can ration health care coverage to the
detriment of the elderly and individuals with chronic and serious illnesses.
Some physicians are taking the reins
and choosing to ditch insurance altogether. This includes a group of doctors in Maine who hope to replace monthly insurance premiums with a
monthly subscription to their respective clinics. The benefits of a monthly
subscription include a predictable income for doctors who worry that their
patients might skip a checkup because they can’t afford the copay.
With a plan like this, no one needs
to worry that a claim will be rejected because a clerk mistakenly entered the
wrong code when filing the claim. Patients also say that the cost per person –
which can run as low as $50 a month – actually saves them money compared to
what they would have paid with an Obamacare plan. Some physicians that offer a
monthly subscription plan will even go out of their way to find specialists
that will accept cash when they need to refer a patient.
However, there is continued concern
among patients who rely on insurance to help with health care costs. They worry
that Obamacare will not be fully repealed, leaving regulations that could force
taxpayers to foot the bill for illegal immigrants and hope that “death panels”
won’t ration treatments that they need to manage serious chronic illnesses. A
monthly clinic subscription could catch on as a concept, but only if government
regulators and Obamacare supporters get out of the way and make such a thing
the most cost-effective option for both clinics and patients.
If Paul Ryan’s team has its way,
this bill could face a full vote as early as the afternoon of March 23. If the
bill fails to pass, Congress will be forced to return to the drawing board to
replace Obamacare, so anyone who wishes to contact their Senator or
Representative on this matter should not waste any time calling or emailing
them on this matter.
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