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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMight we be entering a new stage???? GOP supporting insurance subsidies
This is really exciting to me.... How come it disappeared from Google news almost as soon as it showed up????
WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans moved on Tuesday to defuse President Trumps threat to cut off critical payments to health insurance companies, maneuvering around the president toward bipartisan legislation to shore up insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act.
Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the influential chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced that his panel would begin work in early September on legislation to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market for 2018. He publicly urged Mr. Trump to continue making payments to health insurance companies to reimburse them for reducing the out-of-pocket medical expenses of low-income people.
In the House, two Republicans, Representatives Tom Reed of New York and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, teamed with Democrats to promote incremental health legislation that would also fund the cost-sharing subsidies.
The moves were a remarkable response to the presidents repeated threats to send health insurance markets into a tailspin. They offered tangible indications of cooperation between the parties after Republican efforts to scrap the Affordable Care Act collapsed in the Senate last week, all but ending the seven-year Republican quest to overturn President Barack Obamas signature domestic achievement. Lawmakers from both parties concede that the health law needs improvement, as consumers face sharp premium increases and a shrinking number of insurance options in many states.
Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the influential chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, announced that his panel would begin work in early September on legislation to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market for 2018. He publicly urged Mr. Trump to continue making payments to health insurance companies to reimburse them for reducing the out-of-pocket medical expenses of low-income people.
In the House, two Republicans, Representatives Tom Reed of New York and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, teamed with Democrats to promote incremental health legislation that would also fund the cost-sharing subsidies.
The moves were a remarkable response to the presidents repeated threats to send health insurance markets into a tailspin. They offered tangible indications of cooperation between the parties after Republican efforts to scrap the Affordable Care Act collapsed in the Senate last week, all but ending the seven-year Republican quest to overturn President Barack Obamas signature domestic achievement. Lawmakers from both parties concede that the health law needs improvement, as consumers face sharp premium increases and a shrinking number of insurance options in many states.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/senators-launch-bipartisan-effort-to-shore-up-obamacare.html
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Might we be entering a new stage???? GOP supporting insurance subsidies (Original Post)
LAS14
Aug 2017
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. The people of TN spoke loud an strong about the ACA - they want to keep it.
The odd thing is that the GOP can always say that it is a healthcare plan of a Republican - meaning Romney in MA.
BootinUp
(47,165 posts)2. Don't hold ur breath.
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)3. Alexander's a N*zi with a conscience - he might come around n/m
And there are others. Admittedly too few, but maybe enough if the public screams loud enough.
oasis
(49,393 posts)4. Dead people don't vote. Neither will their pissed off relatives after
they figure out who cut their loved ones off from healthcare.