Assessing GOP Healthcare Proposal

Guest: Mark Showalter, PhD, Chair of the Department of Economics, BYU The Republican health care proposal is called the American Health Care Act – or AHCA – and it narrowly cleared a key House committee. Republicans are under the gun to get the replacement in place quickly so they can deliver on years of campaign promises to repeal Obamacare.  But there are significant hurdles ahead. Republicans do not unanimously approve of the proposal as it stands. Health insurance companies, the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association are also opposed to it.