Medicaid funding to states would be capped, which could also affect uncompensated care.
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A month and a half ago, when the details remained vague, I wholeheartedly embraced the basic idea that Senator Cassidy has been pushing all year: We should take Obamacare’s funding and simply turn it over to the states.
The goal, according to Cassidy, is to “equalize” federal spending per patient between states that receive extra Medicaid dollars through Obamacare and those that do not. Getting Lee on board would be a huge coup for supporters of the bill, because it was the Utah senator’s opposition that helped kill an earlier proposed healthcare compromise.
Two short years ago, in the wake of an undercover investigation that revealed America’s largest network of abortionists was selling the organs of aborted babies, a wide array of Republican senators-from Mike Lee to John McCain-argued that drastic measures were needed to defund Planned Parenthood.
In truth, though, no one was planning on getting Rand Paul’s vote on ObamaCare repeal. Shut down the government if necessary, they said. One way or another, he refuses to be embarrassed by the spectre of a functioning health care program that provides insurance to millions at a reasonable cost.
Graham and Cassidy have struggled for weeks to round up sufficient support for their package, although Sens.
The county party is giving Congress until November 1 to “repeal the abominable legislation”, but if Republicans “fail to meet our demand. and continue in their deceit of the voters”, the Jefferson County GOP want different Republicans in charge of the House and Senate.
The bill’s sponsors say the proposal would mean a more equitable distribution of federal health care money and put health care decisions in the hands of state governments that can experiment and more easily answer to the concerns of their citizens. Graham and Cassidy argued the formula would fix existing inequities in Obamacare. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey and New York’s Kristen Gillibrand.
Gottheimer and Reed are members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of 35 House lawmakers consisting of both Republicans and Democrats who have been working together on, among other things, a bipartisan approach to health care reform.
While the proposal would give federal money in block grants to states, it would do so in slightly tweaked amounts close to current funding levels under Obamacare. The block grants would also be risk-adjusted to give more aid to states with older and sicker residents.
Obamacare repeal legislation failed in July, obtaining only 49 votes. Mike Lee told Daily on Healthcare he was “encouraged” by the latest Obamacare bill because it provided flexibility to states to get around several key Obamacare regulations.
A group of Republicans making a final push to repeal Obamacare say they have nearly enough Senate votes to pass a bill, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
“I think in a democracy, we should be doing what the American people want”, Sanders said, citing polls showing growing support for the concept.
“We welcome the Democrats’ strategy of moving even further left”, said Katie Martin, spokeswoman for the Senate GOP’s campaign organization.
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This sequence is necessary in order to invoke so-called “reconciliation”, a process that allows legislation to pass the Senate by a simple majority, rather than requiring 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Lindsey Graham of SC, said Friday.
