Gregg Jarrett: 11 Ways The Health Care Law Could Be Dismantled In 2015

1. Revisit the individual mandate - All Americans are forced to buy health insurance or face a tax penalty
2. Repeal the medical device tax - The tax on medical devices helps generate revenue to pay for low-income subsidies
3. Revisit the employer mandate - Under ObamaCare, companies with at least 50 full-time employees are required to provide insurance
4. Revisit what constitutes "full time" employment - Changing the definition of “full time” would allow businesses to hire more people without being forced to provide employer coverage
5. Federal reimbursements - The federal government is required to reimburse insurance companies when their costs end up higher than anticipated
6. Medical board - Written into the ACA law is an Independent Payment Advisory Board which oversees health care pricing
7. Lowering subsidies - ObamaCare could be made more affordable to the government if subsidies given to low-income enrollees were reduced
8. New “copper” plan - Creating a new, lower cost category of ObamaCare coverage would reduce the high price of premiums
9. Withhold funding - Some administrative costs are funded through discretionary appropriations
10. Republican alternatives - With both houses under repubican control the GOP will likely intensify the push for its own alternative ideas
11. Supreme Court decision - Poised to hear a formidable challenge to ObamaCare the court could seriously destabilize the law

Source: FOX News
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