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Republicans Threaten To Let Obamacare Markets Fall Into Chaos If Repeal Fails
Source: Buzz Feed News
Bipartisan talks to stabilize Obamacare appear to be over, and Republicans are now threatening to let health insurance markets fall into “chaos” if their new repeal bill does not pass Congress next week.
The moves raise the real possibility that by the end of next week Republicans will either have repealed Obamacare, or set it on a path towards rising premiums and, potentially, collapse.
Senate Republicans had been weighing two separate Obamacare approaches — passing a repeal bill on their own, or working with Democrats on a bill to stabilize insurance markets for a year or two, while they work out a plan that can actually pass. (Currently, Republicans are short of the votes they need to repeal Obamacare by next week’s deadline).
But Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, who was leading the bipartisan talks, said Tuesday that he was ending them. Alexander said the discussions were doomed by a lack of “consensus among Republicans and Democrats” to craft a bill “that could be enacted.” This comes after both Alexander, and his Democratic counterpart Sen. Patty Murray, confirmed that the Democrats had made significant concessions in the talks, that would have allowed states to waive certain Obamacare rules, in exchange locking in market subsidies. .
According to several Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan has told senators that he would not put a bill to stabilize Obamacare up for a vote in the House. That decision essentially leaves the Senate with one option: repeal Obamacare, or let it collapse.
The moves raise the real possibility that by the end of next week Republicans will either have repealed Obamacare, or set it on a path towards rising premiums and, potentially, collapse.
Senate Republicans had been weighing two separate Obamacare approaches — passing a repeal bill on their own, or working with Democrats on a bill to stabilize insurance markets for a year or two, while they work out a plan that can actually pass. (Currently, Republicans are short of the votes they need to repeal Obamacare by next week’s deadline).
But Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, who was leading the bipartisan talks, said Tuesday that he was ending them. Alexander said the discussions were doomed by a lack of “consensus among Republicans and Democrats” to craft a bill “that could be enacted.” This comes after both Alexander, and his Democratic counterpart Sen. Patty Murray, confirmed that the Democrats had made significant concessions in the talks, that would have allowed states to waive certain Obamacare rules, in exchange locking in market subsidies. .
According to several Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan has told senators that he would not put a bill to stabilize Obamacare up for a vote in the House. That decision essentially leaves the Senate with one option: repeal Obamacare, or let it collapse.
Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/republicans-threaten-to-let-obamacare-markets-fall-into?utm_term=.huZV44GPp#.ien1llz5R
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Republicans have their priorities, you know.
