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GOP takes aim at ACA, Medicare: 9 things to know
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/21/2018 - 10:49
- House Republicans released a 2019 budget proposal that would balance the budget by 2027 by enacting $8.1 trillion in spending cuts
- The GOP plan would limit per capita payments for Medicaid or give states the option to convert their Medicaid plans into block grant coverage
- Under reconciliation rules, the budget would allow the Senate to cut at least $302 billion in spending with only 50 votes
- The House Budget Committee is looking to pass the proposal before the end of the week
- The Trump administration also issued a final rule June 19 that gives more leeway to small businesses looking to create health insurance plans that bypass many ACA regulations
- The association health plans, which allow groups such as community organizations, churches and professional associations to band together to purchase or offer health insurance
- While the rule will not allow new association health plans to deny coverage or raise premiums based on pre-existing conditions, it will let plans raise premiums based on age, gender and industry
- The Congressional Budget Office projects 400,000 previously uninsured Americans would gain coverage under association health plans
- Consumer groups and some state officials who oppose the rule argue association health plans will draw healthy individuals out of the ACA's individual marketplace
Source: Becker’s Hospital Review
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