Elise Viebeck: Your Pocket Guide to Obamacare Replacement Plans

1. The Ron Johnson Plan-Sen. Johnson (R-Wis.) to repeal the individual and employer mandates while extending subsidies through August 2017 for people already receiving them through fed run exchanges
2. The Ben Sasse plan-Sen. Sasse (R-Neb.) would get rid of subsidies under Obamacare and replace them with general tax credits that would disappear within 18 months.
3. House Republican Leadership Plan-extend subsidies through 2015, give states a choice between subsidies or a block grant of equal size from 2016-2017, would repeal the indiv. and employer mandates.
4. The Tom Price Plan-Price (R-GA) would scale back ACA regulations while creating a system of tax credits calculated based on age to help people buy health insurance.
5. The Republican Study Committee Plan-would repeal the ACA on 1/1/2016, create a standard deduction for health insurance, establish high-risk pools and permit purchase of health plans across state lines

Notes: Points were abbreviated from the original article.
Source: Your Pocket Guide to Obamacare Replacement Plans, The Washington Post, 23 June 2015.
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