GOP unveils plan for 'Trump Health Freedom Accounts' to replace Obamacare subsidies with state waivers
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Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger introduces the "More Affordable Care Act" to scale back Obamacare and create Trump Health Freedom Accounts.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
States would be allowed to opt out of major facets of Obamacare, formally called the Affordable Care Act (ACA), provided they had other systems in place for ensuring premiums were not hiked for high-risk patient pools. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
Those "waiver states" would then be allowed to either run their own healthcare exchange platforms or oversee private company-run platforms, which Republicans argue will allow more choice in the healthcare marketplace in addition to the federal government's options.
Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger introduces the "More Affordable Care Act" to scale back Obamacare and create Trump Health Freedom Accounts.
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