POLSCI 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Congressional Budget Office, Nonpartisanism, Freedom Caucus

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 190
• Professor: Richard Hall

Document Summary

Returning choice to people and businesses, a core republican principle. Get rid of business mandate and individual mandate. Individual mandate would lead to fewer people (specifically young people) purchasing health care, causing premiums to rise. This is cost republicans politically as it did for the democrats in november. Replaces premium subsidies with refundable tax credits. Cannot deny care for pre-existing conditions is maintained. Kids can stay on parents" plan until age 26 is maintained. Helps middle class voters, which typically vote republican. Medicare is much more popular than medicaid. Medicare does not really contribute to the deficit, while medicaid is a large contributor. Rolls back medicaid expansion, gives block grants to the states. Increases funding for community health centers by > million. Similar to omb, but omb is connected to white house, and is partisan. Feel more harmed by benefits being taken away than being harmed in the first place. Hard to take back the expansion of medicaid.