The Skinny On The Senate ACA Debate, Day Three

Editor’s note: This post is part of ongoing Health Affairs Blog coverage by Tim Jost of the Senate debate over repealing and replacing—or maybe just repealing, or maybe just minimally repealing, or maybe retaining—the Affordable Care Act. See Tim’s earlier post and updates for more coverage. Update: Medicare-for-All And Abortion At about 2:30, the Senate voted on an amendment put forward by Senator Daines (R MT) incorporating the House Medicare-for-All bill. His intent was to embarrass and perhaps divide the Democrats by forcing them to vote on a proposal that some of them embrace, but some do not. In fact, no Senators voted for the bill. Forty-three Democrats voted present to avoid this result. Fifty-seven Senators, including all Republicans, four Democrats, and one Independent voted no. The next amendment up is number 389 proposed by Senator Strange. It seems to route most money for premium tax credits through the CHIP program after 2018; this appears aimed at applying the Hyde Amendment to the funds, thus avoiding the Parliamentarian’s ruling that abortion restrictions cannot be applied through the reconciliation process. It is an amendment to the BCRA, which seems odd since the BCRA is not on the floor and at least one version of it has already been voted down. The vote on the amendment is not yet scheduled. Original Post As debate begins on July 27, 2017, the third and possibly final day of the 2017 Affordable Care Act repeal debate, the endgame is star...
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