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Congressional Republicans Hope to Implement a new Healthcare System as Obamacare Continues to Fail

<p>A Supreme Court ruling on the lawsuit regarding Obamacare subsidies is expected to turn up sometime during the next two weeks&period; Republicans in the House and Senate are busy discussing plans for a new healthcare system&period; In the meantime&comma; an OIG audit revealed the disturbing fact that the federal government as &ldquo&semi;misplaced&rdquo&semi; nearly 3 billion taxpayer dollars&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to discussions held just yesterday&comma; Congressional Republicans aim to temporarily continue Obamacare subsidies if the Supreme Court decides to overturn the President&rsquo&semi;s contested healthcare law&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many Republican leaders hope to use a victory in the Supreme Court to avoid complaints from voters if subsidies are eliminated&period; But since a loss of financial aid affecting over 6 million Americans might be bad news for GOP candidates&comma; a transitional healthcare system is in the works&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We need to fix health care in America&comma; but Obamacare cannot be fixed&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Sen&period; John Barrasso of Wyoming&period; He believes that a transitional system must be implemented during the 2016 elections in order for the GOP to capture the Presidency and retain control of Congress&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the fledgling plan&comma; Obamacare subsidies would remain unchanged until the end of 2015&period; Afterwards&comma; states have the opportunity to obtain grants for continued aid&period; In the case of a state turning down a block grant&comma; individuals would enjoy tax subsidies similar to what they are granted now&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;This is transitioning out of Obamacare&comma; not repealing it and not even affirming it&period; It&rsquo&semi;s transitioning&comma;&rdquo&semi; says Republican Rep&period; Dennis Ross from Florida&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lawmakers say the plan would last for two years at most&period; Most individuals and employers would have no insurance requirements&comma; but subsidies could be used to purchase health insurance if desired&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The death of Obamacare and the gradual implementation of an entirely new healthcare system is sure to be met with harsh opposition from Democrats&comma; not to mention a powerful veto by the&nbsp&semi;father of healthcare himself&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But a recent inspection of the HHS &lpar;Department of Health and Human Services&rpar; lends validity to the Republican agenda&period; It was recently discovered that nearly 3 billion taxpayer dollars allegedly going to feed subsidies was &ldquo&semi;misplaced&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The money was intended for insurance companies as a part of the Affordable Care Act&period; The audit revealed that there was no sufficient process to &ldquo&semi;prevent or detect any possible substantial errors&rdquo&semi; in financial aid payments&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;The OIG &lpar;Office of Inspector General&rpar; reported there was no system within Obamacare to &ldquo&semi;ensure that financial assistance payments were made on behalf of confirmed enrollees and in the correct amounts&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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