The left-for-dead Republican effort to undo the Affordable Care Act has been revived as Senate leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving repeal and have asked Congress’s nonpartisan budget analysts to fast-track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health-care spending to states, a Washington Post report Monday said. The Congressional Budget Office is in the process of estimating the cost and coverage impact of the so-called Graham-Cassidy bill, according to a senior Senate Republican aide. Under the revised plan, the measure – sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) – would provide states with funding...
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The left-for-dead Republican effort to undo the Affordable Care Act has been revived as Senate leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving repeal and have asked Congress’s nonpartisan budget analysts to fast-track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health-care spending to states, a Washington Post report Monday said. The Congressional Budget Office is in the process of estimating the cost and coverage impact of the so-called Graham-Cassidy bill, according to a senior Senate Republican aide. Under the revised plan, the measure – sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) – would provide states with funding...
Reported by WorldNews 2 hours ago.