(The Center Square) – The Republican lawmaker who sponsored the Great American Healthcare Act presented a plan Wednesday to help fund the bill: stop the Federal Reserve from paying interest on bank reserves.
Under that plan, the estimated $1 trillion the Federal Reserve will spend over the next decade on bank reserve interest payments would instead be redirected toward implementing the legislation.
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