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Republicans balk at Trump’s health care proposal before it’s even released
- On Monday, the White House delayed its proposal to avert a spike in Affordable Care Act premiums after harsh blowback from Republican allies and rank-and-file Republican lawmakers.
- In recent weeks, aides and administration advisers developed a tentative subsidy extension package, but details leaked to the press blindsided Republican rank-and-file lawmakers who first learned of it on social media.
- It envisioned continuing the enhanced subsidies for two years with a new income cap, minimum monthly premium payment, expanded plans outside ACA exchanges, and redirected aid into health savings accounts.
- If the tax credits lapse at the end of the year, over 22 million Americans could face hefty premium increases, and 350,000 Massachusetts residents risk losing coverage by next month.
- The swift backlash highlighted deep Republican Party divisions and little expectation that a two-year extension with stricter guardrails could pass House Republicans, while deal-minded Democrats offered tepid praise but most Democrats rejected it.
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Health Care Plan Circulated by the White House Runs into Familiar GOP Divisions
WASHINGTON (AP) — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.
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