Use changes to Federal Reserve reserve-interest authority to fund reforms

Burlison’s proposal would repeal the Federal Reserve’s broad authority to pay interest on reserve balances while preserving a narrower earnings mechanism for supplemental reserves. The proposal would use projected savings from this change to offset the cost of its healthcare reforms. The source cites an outside estimate of more than $1 trillion over ten years.

Context: The savings figure is an outside projection, not a stated guaranteed amount.

In their own words

the Federal Reserve's broad authority to pay interest on reserve balances would be repealed

The source

Eric Burlison: The Great American Healthcare Act Explained

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