House Republican leaders claim they’ll soon announce a health plan that would both “repeal and replace” health reform (the Affordable Care Act, or ACA). Speaker Paul Ryan has convened a task force of House committee chairs to craft a plan that House leaders hope to release by July, according to media reports — although it may not be an actual bill and the House Republican caucus may not support it.
Nevertheless, assuming we’ll see a House Republican leadership alternative to health reform, what would its key provisions likely be? For clues, we might look at some of the common elements of other health plans from some congressional Republicans and outside analysts, though House GOP leaders to date haven’t supported such plans.
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