ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos grilled House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday over the American Health Care Act, which narrowly passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.
ICYMI, drama definitely went down to get the bill through the House.
Even the nine Republicans in districts Clinton won who voted against the AHCA won't be spared, as Democrats will seek to tie them to the members of their party who voted to pass the bill. "The Senate is starting from scratch". We're working to make this a reality. They will also be banned from cancelling coverage based on a preexisting condition. The House bill halts the expansion, in addition to cutting federal spending on the program.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Sunday defended cutting almost a trillion dollars from Medicaid in the GOP-backed health-care plan as being necessary to fix a "fundamentally flawed" system - and give people the coverage they need.
Details aside, the bill would undermine health-insurance markets by increasing uncertainty for insurers who are trying to determine what plans to sell - if any at all - in the months ahead.
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Here is what Paul Ryan is saying: thanks to his Obamacare replacement, insurance companies will no longer have the burden of insuring those with pre-existing conditions.
But in a sign of the uphill battle ahead, almost every major medical group, including the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, strongly opposes the measure.
"But any bill that has been posted less than 24 hours-going to be debated three or four hours, not scored-needs to be viewed with suspicion", he said, noting that the House vote came without an assessment from the Congressional Budget Office on the latest version's price and impact. Trump tweeted. "ObamaCare premiums and deductibles are way up - it was a lie and it is dead!"
House Republicans have argued that their insertion of a provision to allocate $8 billion over five years to help states create "high risk pools" for sicker, older Americans who need to buy health insurance will help compensate for charging more for those people.
Associated Press writer Hope Yen in Washington contributed to this report. You have encouraged us in our mission - to provide quality news and watchdog journalism.
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