Paul Ryan’s Health Bill: Good, Bad and Ugly
March 17, 2017
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Paul Ryan’s Health Bill: Good, Bad and Ugly
Originally published in Forbes Mon. March 13, 2017.
Remember how the Democrats did it. They created Obamacare behind closed doors. There was no real pubic vetting. No real attempt to make sure the pieces fit together in a sensible way. And no possibility of a single vote from the other party.
The House Republican Leadership seems enamored of that approach. The latest GOP replacement plan was announced last Monday after weeks of secrecy. The two relevant committees began their markup two days later—with no hearings, no vetting, no CBO score and no amendments.
