After years of criticizing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the GOP has unveiled an alternative plan to the controversial law that would scrap PPACA's mandates but still offer tax credits for those buying private insurance.
The plan debuted the same week the House cast its first vote to repeal PPACA this year.
An outline of the plan—called the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act—was made public Feb. 4 by Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.
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