Sen. Tom Cotton threw some icy cold water on the House GOP plan to replace Obamacare this morning, telling Hugh Hewitt that “there is not three-step plan” which would fix the flaws in the current bill under debate. “It’s just politicians engaging in spin”:
.@SenTomCotton tells @hughhewitt that GOP leadership's "three-step" process on health care is an empty talking point. pic.twitter.com/q3t1bgEiLv
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) March 14, 2017
And there’s no rush to pass this bill now anyway:
Tom Cotton to @hughhewitt: "I don’t think Americans care whether this bill passes by Easter or Memorial Day."
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 14, 2017
Hewitt took to Twitter after the segment to outline his fix under the assumption Cotton is correct:
1 So if u buy @TomCottonAR critique and suggestions —https://t.co/at7uvVaqQO @RulesReps is where #AHCA is amended to fix flaws and position
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
2. for passage in Senate under #ReconciliationRules. Taking all the critiques into account it seems to me the @HouseGOP needs to A. Increase
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
3. tax credit for people losing Medicaid per @Avik and lower for higher incomes B. Tax plans that are not available in more than 1 state so
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
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4. companies incentivized to offer "common benefit plans" and the tax gets it under reconciliation rules (it can be a small tax) and
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
5. Attack the "essential benefits" regulation in the law, again by taxing any state plan that mandates more than a minimum number of such
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
6. benefits so as to discourage social engineering via health insurance. The tax also puts the attack on "essential benefits" under the
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
7. reconciliation rules. The @HouseGOP may not be cloistered or dug in but instead waiting for @RulesReps to do the crucial rewrite to set
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
up for @SenateGOP but it does need to be far more aggressive on essential benefits + interstate market which can b fit under reconciliation
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
w/ use of tax penalties while also being more generous to Medicaid transitioners per @Avik. Door is open to getting this done if indeed
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
.@SpeakerRyan open to the reasonable critiques of #AHCA 1.0. @POTUS @realDonaldTrump needs "art of the deal" skills right now.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) March 14, 2017
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'Abandon Obamacare Lite now': Sen. Rand Paul offers GOP a way out of AHCA mess, but will they take it? https://t.co/w3tv4JkOX3
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2017
'The war is on': Much to the delight of libs and the MSM, Breitbart goes after Paul Ryan over AHCA bill https://t.co/ymSqmqsxTK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2017