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The Senate draft bill released Thursday to replace the Affordable Care Act risks creating a high-cost ghetto for those with preexisting conditions or long-term sickness, experts say.
KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and KHN senior correspondent Mary Agnes Carey have been featured on a variety of radio and television shows to discuss the revised Senate GOP legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the changes to the proposed Senate health bill.
Six in 10 Americans say they do not approve of the Senate Republicans鈥 plan to replace Obamacare, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
At least two Republicans have already said they cannot support the new legislative draft, which means all other GOP senators would have to agree to the bill to pass it.
The Senate releases an updated draft of its health care legislation. Read the bill and compare with the original.
The administration officials could not answer some basic questions from senators, including how much money the agency has gained from the health law鈥檚 Medicaid expansion and whether President Donald Trump鈥檚 proposed 2018 budget would help the agency hire more staff.
Congressional Republicans are keen to loosen restrictions set by the federal health law on insurance sold by associations that small employers join.
The Senate health care bill has a provision to increase hospital beds for psychiatric care, but overall cuts in Medicaid could lead to even fewer beds nationwide.
In a county where cows outnumber people and most voters supported Donald Trump, a coalition of health clinics is driven to defend the health law.
Current law requires all health insurance sold on the exchanges to cover 10 essential benefits 鈥 with no annual or lifetime limits to reimbursement. But the GOP plan might let states reinstate limits.
On NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, KHN's Elisabeth Rosenthal answers questions about the high cost of U.S. health care, while NPR's Gisele Grayson addresses how the Senate bill to replace the Affordable Care Act would change the system.
Similar to the House-passed American Health Care Act, the Senate GOP health bill would change or eliminate more than a dozen taxes that were put in place to help pay for provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
A little-noticed provision of the Senate GOP health plan would unwind an Affordable Care Act provision limiting insurer profits, administrative costs.
As many as a dozen GOP senators may oppose the Senate majority leader鈥檚 Obamacare repeal bill. But the dealmaking is just beginning.
Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate鈥檚 parliamentarian, will be in the hot seat as she is called upon to decide which provisions of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell鈥檚 bill draft fit the tight rules that allow for it to be passed without a filibuster.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the state of the Senate鈥檚 effort to replace Obamacare.
鈥淣othing is safe 鈥 no population, no services,鈥 the director of the nation鈥檚 largest Medicaid program said Wednesday. GOP leaders say they seek to cut costs and widen consumer choices.
Provisions in the Senate鈥檚 鈥渞epeal and replace鈥 bill could help some young adults by lowering the cost of premiums but could hurt others who gained insurance through a massive expansion to Medicaid.
Scenes from Capitol Hill Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell鈥檚 effort to pass a health care bill this week crumbled.
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