At a hearing, a hint that lawmakers could reach some bipartisan agreement on Obamacare improvements

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON – They want flexibility, reinsurance programs, stable federal subsidies and a reversal of the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in public outreach.

Those are the things five state insurance commissioners, including Pennsylvania’s, asked lawmakers for Wednesday during the first of four hearings aimed at making small improvements to the Affordable Care Act that affect a small group of people who buy insurance in the individual market.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is eying a chance of coalescing around a set of improvements after seven years of partisan battle over health care.

“To get a result, Democrats will have to agree to something: more flexibility for states that some may be reluctant to support. And Republicans will have to agree to something: additional funding … that some may be reluctant to support,” said Mr. Alexander, R-Tenn. “That is called a compromise. … We ought to be able to make this small bipartisan step.”

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[BigmanPigman]

1. I do not trust the GOP with my health care at all anymore. I won't get

fooled. They have lied in the House and Senate too often. McCain and Collins are now going back on their word (no surprises there) about repeal. My health is in jeopardy and they do not give a shit, never did and never will. They got theirs and that is all that matters. It is the GOP motto at this point.