He would wipe out ObamaCare and replace it with a voucher-based system in which adults get a $2,300 refundable tax credit to pay for health care.
And while Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has suggested that subsidies would be replaced with a refundable tax credit, De La Torre points out that current subsidy recipients would have to wait a whole year before taking advantage of that option.
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And it ties employees to firms, thus diminishing labour market flexibility.Mr McCain's reforms would replace that corporate subsidy with a refundable tax credit, worth up to $5,000 per family, for people to buy their own insurance from anyone they like.
Some Republicans, like Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, would replace the tax-free treatment of health benefits with a refundable tax credit for the purchase of insurance -- an idea similar to one advanced in the 2008 presidential campaign by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona.
He accomplishes the task by dint of a broad simplification of America's tax code and health-care system.The plan replaces the current tax exemptions for employer-provided health insurance with a refundable tax credit, while Medicare benefits would ultimately be set aside in favour of a system of vouchers for private insurance.
June 2013: Rep. Price of Georgia decides to give the "Republican alternative to Obamacare" another try, with H.R. 2300, the "Empowering Patients First Act of 2013," which repeals the Affordable Care Act and, among other things, replaces it with "refundable tax credits of up to $5,000 for low-income individuals and families to purchase health insurance on the private market".
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