'Skinny repeal' bill includes defunding Planned Parenthood, eliminating..mandate

Source: Washington Examiner | July 27, 2017 | Kimberly Leonard

‘Skinny repeal’ bill includes defunding Planned Parenthood, eliminating Obamacare’s individual mandate

Senate Republicans are planning to include a provision in their “skinny repeal” healthcare bill that would cut off federal funding from Planned Parenthood for a year, according to a GOP aide.

The bill, which is a watered-down version of changes Republicans have been trying to make to Obamacare, also would eliminate the invidual mandate requiring people to buy health insurance, one of the least popular provisions of the law, but one that the Congressional Budget Office estimates could result in rougly 16 million more people becoming uninsured in 2018. The employer mandate that obligates companies to provide coverage if they have 50 or more employees would be withdrawn for six years, and Congress would have the option to renew it.

The medical device tax, a portion of Obamacare that members of both parties have said they would consider repealing or suspending, would be suspended for six years, when it can be delayed again or put back in place.

Asked why it was not repealed, a Senate GOP aide replied, “couldn’t pay for it.”

Community health center funding would be increased after stripping family planing funds from Planned Parenthood. The funding pays for birth control, STD testing and cancer screenings, but would for a year be cut off from facilities that also provide abortions. Under a provision called the Hyde Amendment, federal funds are prohibited from going toward most abortions.

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