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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Meadows pimps "higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions" in TrumpCare II
Some Republicans Think They May Have A Health Care Deal
The reality is they may be even further away from an Obamacare replacement than before.
By Matt Fuller , Jonathan Cohn
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-health-care-deal_us_58f819f7e4b0cb086d7df486?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
WASHINGTON ― GOP moderates and conservatives are nearing a deal on health care that in theory could get the Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act out of the House and over to the Senate. The changes also might move Republicans even further away from passage ― no one really knows.
The deal, brokered between House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Tuesday Group co-chairman Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), would allow states to get waivers eliminating the so-called community rating provision ― the rule that prohibits insurers from charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions. In order to obtain the waiver, states would have to participate in a federal high-risk pool or establish their own, and satisfy some other conditions.
In exchange for that conservative concession, the amendment would reinstate the Essential Health Benefits that were already taken out of the bill ― though, again, states could waive those provisions as well if they were able to show that doing so would lower premiums, increase the number of people insured, or advance another benefit to the public interest in the state.
Thats according to a white paper describing the amendment, which is the result of weeks of negotiation between Meadows and MacArthur. While they have both agreed to the amendment, supposedly representing a number of conservatives and moderates respectively, the amendment is still being reviewed by the Senate and House GOP leadership.
The reality is they may be even further away from an Obamacare replacement than before.
By Matt Fuller , Jonathan Cohn
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-health-care-deal_us_58f819f7e4b0cb086d7df486?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
WASHINGTON ― GOP moderates and conservatives are nearing a deal on health care that in theory could get the Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act out of the House and over to the Senate. The changes also might move Republicans even further away from passage ― no one really knows.
The deal, brokered between House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Tuesday Group co-chairman Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), would allow states to get waivers eliminating the so-called community rating provision ― the rule that prohibits insurers from charging higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions. In order to obtain the waiver, states would have to participate in a federal high-risk pool or establish their own, and satisfy some other conditions.
In exchange for that conservative concession, the amendment would reinstate the Essential Health Benefits that were already taken out of the bill ― though, again, states could waive those provisions as well if they were able to show that doing so would lower premiums, increase the number of people insured, or advance another benefit to the public interest in the state.
Thats according to a white paper describing the amendment, which is the result of weeks of negotiation between Meadows and MacArthur. While they have both agreed to the amendment, supposedly representing a number of conservatives and moderates respectively, the amendment is still being reviewed by the Senate and House GOP leadership.
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Mark Meadows pimps "higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions" in TrumpCare II (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2017
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Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)1. Link:
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)2. OOOPS
Thank you. I edited the OP as well
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)4. I've done that a bunch of times...
Orsino
(37,428 posts)3. Divide and conquer.
Who can they get us to hate next, and blame for high premiums?
Runningdawg
(4,517 posts)5. Health care for healthy people only
sounds like winning bigly!