Maybe third times the charm as negotiations return to the table over Obamacare replacement Trumpcare (reminder it’s only called Ryancare if it doesn’t pass). It’s like watching a salesman/buyer haggle over the price of a AMC Pacer, “Um ok I just talked to my manager, we’ll sell to you at your asking price but you gotta pay extra for the AM/8 track radio, Woodgrain paneling and the white-wall tires. Deal?” – PB/TK
Here’s the plan some Republican leaders think will get their Obamacare repeal bill to pass – By Bob Ryan April 20 2017
Republicans are closing in on a deal to try — again — to push their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare through the House.
The compromise, first reported by Matt Fuller and Jonathan Cohn at The Huffington Post, would allow states to obtain a waiver from the federal government to do away with certain protections from the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
According to The Huffington Post, the deal would initially keep two provisions — essential health benefits and community rating — favored by moderate GOP lawmakers but allow states to waive these protections. In order to waive the protections, states would have to fulfill two provisions: prove that the waiver would bring down costs and either join a federal high-risk pool or establish their own.
T he full text of the proposed amendment, obtained by Politico’s Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer , states that the waiver would be granted by the federal government if the state can prove that they have an alternative to “reduce premium costs, increase the number of persons with healthcare coverage, or advance another benefit to the public interest in the state.”
Essential health benefits require insurers to cover a baseline of health procedures such as prenatal care and emergency room visits. Community rating means that insurers must charge people living in the same area the same price for insurance regardless of things such as age, gender, or pre-existing conditions.
Continue to businessinsider.com article: http://www.businessinsider.com/trumpcare-ahca-obamacare-repeal-house-compromise-2017-4
