- Safi Bello
'Secret' Obamacare bill gets leaked, and it looks like the wealthy would get less financial
CNBC ------ A "new" Republican congressional plan to replace Obamacare, which was being kept secret from the public and even GOP senators, reportedly is considering barring wealthier people from receiving tax credits to help pay for their health insurance plans. But the new GOP outline still contains many of the same details of a previous replacement proposal, including a provision that has drawn the ire of very conservative members of the Republican House caucus, Politico reported Friday. That provision would offer tax credits to people based on their age, as opposed to their income, as the Affordable Care Act currently offers people who purchase plans on government-run Obamacare marketplaces. Conservatives have complained that the tax credits would make a replacement merely "Obamacare Lite," and decry the credits as a new entitlement. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.