How Scott Walker's health care plan would pummel the poor, in 2 sad charts
ObamaCare provides a lot of subsidies for low-income people, through its expansion of Medicaid and its subsidies for buying private health insurance. Scott Walker, like almost all Republican candidates for president, has promised to repeal the law and replace it with something else.
Recently Walker released a rough sketch of his health care proposal, giving Kevin Drum at Mother Jones a chance to demonstrate how different income groups will fare under his plan. Here's how much money two different families of three would stand to gain or lose in an average year:
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Obviously the poorer people fare the worst here. But for either household, not even $50,000 in income is enough to make the Walker plan a net benefit.
