Senate Republican health bill: Pay more, get less
“The Senate bill would hike health care bills in several ways. It would provide less government assistance to pay for premiums and out-of-pocket costs. It would tie subsidies to health insurance policies with higher deductibles. And it would allow insurers to shift more of the financial responsibility to policyholders in states that opt to waive certain Obamacare protections. ‘There’s no way the Senate bill can reduce consumers’ net health insurance costs,’ said Robert Laszewski, a health care consultant. ‘When the government pays less, people have to pay more.’ Let’s look at how this would happen.”