Cassidy-Collins plan is a poor excuse for Obamacare replacement

Published January 30, 2017 7:32pm ET



On Jan. 23, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., introduced an Obamacare “replacement” plan to the Senate. Dubbed “The Patient Freedom Act of 2017,” this legislation would repeal some aspects of Obamacare while giving states “that like Obamacare” the chance “to keep Obamacare” or adopt a market-based alternative subsidized by the federal government.

Let’s be clear: The proposal in no way counts as an Obamacare replacement. A more accurate description of the bill was given by the Washington Examiner‘s own Philip Klein, who called it “Obamacare Forever.”

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