The American Health Care Act (AHCA), proposed by the House leadership, was not about health care. Over and over, Ryan said he needed to do health reform before tax reform. As noted, a tax cut tied to health care is part of good health reform. But the Ryan tax cut wasn’t tied to health care. This proposal would provide a minimum amount of health insurance to almost everyone and it would give the private sector new tools to control costs, as we described at Health Affairs.

Source: Forbes March 28, 2017 14:48 UTC