04-20-2017, 12:51 PM
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It's 42
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It's probably DOA in the Senate
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Pre-Existing Conditions
The amendment, reported earlier by Huffington Post, would allow insurers to charge higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions in states that get a waiver. To obtain the waiver, states would have to provide sick people priced out of commercial insurance access to a so-called high-risk pool run by the federal government, or establish their own, and satisfy other conditions.
MacArthur?s proposal would also allow states to opt out of Obamacare?s requirement that insurance policies cover "essential" benefits such as maternity care. Those provisions would create cheaper insurance products by allowing companies to effectively exclude high-cost people and expensive care.
But the language may not be embraced by all of MacArthur?s fellow House Republican centrists. The underlying bill also is well short of the 50 votes needed to pass in the Senate.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...obamacare-vote
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[T]rump demanded a vote on the measure, but Ryan pulled it from the House floor hours before a scheduled vote on March 24 for lack of support from his fellow Republicans. The speaker admitted he was disappointed but insisted Republicans would try again.
Under White House prodding two weeks later, Republicans added a provision to the bill that would give health insurers $15 billion over nine years to subsidize the care of high-cost patients.
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Trump chump change ... |
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