House GOP leaders will elaborate on their Obamacare plans
House Republican leaders plan to unveil on Thursday elements of their plan to repeal and largely replace portions of the Affordable Care Act.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters Wednesday that committee leaders will brief GOP lawmakers on some specific proposals at a closed-door meeting scheduled for Thursday morning. The meeting comes as leaders are working to rally sharply divided GOP members around a single plan to remake the health-care law.
Asked whether leaders planned to announce specific elements of the repeal-and-replace plan that will be included in upcoming legislation McCarthy said, “Yes.”
McCarthy did not say which elements of the plan would be detailed at the meeting. But House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) said he plans to discuss both repealing the law and ways to give states greater control over health-care decisions.
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But not all of those possible pieces have widespread support among Republicans, who will need to produce 218 votes among their 239 members. Among the most controversial are the tax credits, which under the framework backed by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), could be refunded to taxpayers much like the existing Obamacare tax subsidies — even to low-income Americans who would owe no tax.
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