After Obamacare: The Future of U.S. Health Care

January 2017

How is repeal and replace going to play out?

Plan possibilities• Some kind of tax break to help people buy insurance coverage• No (or loose) minimum stands of what should be covered by an insurance

policy• Encourage the use of Health Savings Accounts• High-risk pools• Allow insurers to sell across state lines• Keep Obamacare’s age 26 provision• Changes to Medicaid, potentially block grants• Preexisting conditions policy

Republican health care plans

• Kaiser Health News analysis of different Republican health plans: http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/proposals-to-replace-the-affordable-care-act/

• House Republican “Better Way” health plan: http://abetterway.speaker.gov/?page=health-care

• Rep. Tom Price’s “Empowering Patients First” plan: https://tomprice.house.gov/HR2300