The negotiations have allowed the White House and GOP congressional leaders to insist that despite their embarrassing failure to pass health care legislation last month, they're still making progress.
But it's not at all clear the plan will attract support from GOP moderates - including MacArthur's Garden State colleagues - whose votes are needed to get it passed. Some waivers could be in place as early as next year. Another analysis suggests it is closer to 3.8 million New Jersey residents. The amendment would allow states to seek a higher ratio. "The amendment specifically clarifies that its provisions can not be construed as allowing insurers to limit coverage for those with pre-existing conditions", he wrote.
Wonder what she thinks about leaving coverage of children with pre-existing conditions up to the states? If you don't want your local congressperson to vote for this new version of the bill, now would be a good time to call them and tell them how you feel. "We'll vote on it when we get the votes".
"I'm telling any and every member that we need to get this done", Collins said. While the draft amendment still requires insurance companies to guarantee coverage, it does not regulate what they can charge for these policies.
"We'll see", he said. The amendment "lowers cost for the federal government, but it increases cost on the consumer and the state", he warned.
On Wednesday, the Freedom Caucus announced its support for the GOP health care plan if it includes the MacArthur amendment.
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States to run high-risk pools?
It became illegal to deny health care coverage to someone with a pre-existing condition-or to charge them higher premiums.The bill may be "going nowhere" in the Senate because the new language would likely run afoul of the Byrd rule, meaning it would require 60 votes in the Senate to pass, said Matt House, a spokesman for Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of NY. "We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!"
To get one of these waivers, a state would have to present an alternative that would meet the amendment's criteria of either cutting costs, or expanding or stabilizing the market. But under Obamacare, insurance providers were no longer allowed to discriminate.
The other provision, known as "community rating", bars insurers from varying premiums based on health status or medical history.
It also lets states stop covering essential benefits.
Dawn Laguens, executive Vice President for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, slammed the bill in a statement: "They took a bad bill that would result in 24 million people losing their insurance and higher premiums and actually made it worse". That's a lesser threshold for approval than state waivers in the current law. He said it would lower premiums and give states more flexibility. Thus, if the Republican healthcare amendment did indeed pass, insurers could once again resume providing "skimpy" healthcare plans to Americans which cover few services and/or charge those with preexisting conditions far more money to attain coverage that may not even be comprehensive.
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