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With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
Republican Senators will be using the budget reconciliation process, which will allow them to move forward with repealing certain provisions of the health care reform law without any Democratic support, although passage of any replacement will require some bipartisan support as Republicans do not have the required 60 votes to guarantee passage.
The budget resolution contains no details about what could be repealed or whether there will be a replacement, but it does direct the key committees to write draft legislation by Jan. 27.
Senate Republicans “plan to rescue those trapped in a failing system, to replace that system with a functional market, or markets, and then repeal Obamacare for good,” he said.
Sen. Alexander said the process will come in three parts. The first will protect the 11 million people who have purchased health insurance through the exchanges so that they don’t lose coverage.
“Second, we will build better systems providing Americans with more choices that cost less,” he said. “Note I say systems, not one system. If anyone is expecting [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell [R-Ky.] to roll a wheelbarrow on the Senate floor with a comprehensive Republican health care plan, they’re going to be waiting a long time because we don’t believe in that. We don’t want to replace a failed Obamacare federal system with another failed federal system.”
The last part will be to repeal what remains of the law after the new plan is in place.
Sen. Alexander reiterated that any future bill will keep the ban on coverage denials for preexisting conditions and the allowance of coverage of children up to the age of 26 who are on their parents’ plans.
He stated that this reform effort will not address Medicare reform, which will be the subject of separate legislative action.
The AGA opposes repealing the ACA unless a viable, equitable replacement is in place. Patients who have received coverage through the ACA should be able to maintain coverage without interruption, and any replacement package must ensure patient access and coverage of specialty care, provide for preventive screenings without cost-sharing, not discriminate on the basis of a pre-existing condition or gender, cover children until they are age 26, and ban annual and lifetime caps on coverage.
With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
Republican Senators will be using the budget reconciliation process, which will allow them to move forward with repealing certain provisions of the health care reform law without any Democratic support, although passage of any replacement will require some bipartisan support as Republicans do not have the required 60 votes to guarantee passage.
The budget resolution contains no details about what could be repealed or whether there will be a replacement, but it does direct the key committees to write draft legislation by Jan. 27.
Senate Republicans “plan to rescue those trapped in a failing system, to replace that system with a functional market, or markets, and then repeal Obamacare for good,” he said.
Sen. Alexander said the process will come in three parts. The first will protect the 11 million people who have purchased health insurance through the exchanges so that they don’t lose coverage.
“Second, we will build better systems providing Americans with more choices that cost less,” he said. “Note I say systems, not one system. If anyone is expecting [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell [R-Ky.] to roll a wheelbarrow on the Senate floor with a comprehensive Republican health care plan, they’re going to be waiting a long time because we don’t believe in that. We don’t want to replace a failed Obamacare federal system with another failed federal system.”
The last part will be to repeal what remains of the law after the new plan is in place.
Sen. Alexander reiterated that any future bill will keep the ban on coverage denials for preexisting conditions and the allowance of coverage of children up to the age of 26 who are on their parents’ plans.
He stated that this reform effort will not address Medicare reform, which will be the subject of separate legislative action.
The AGA opposes repealing the ACA unless a viable, equitable replacement is in place. Patients who have received coverage through the ACA should be able to maintain coverage without interruption, and any replacement package must ensure patient access and coverage of specialty care, provide for preventive screenings without cost-sharing, not discriminate on the basis of a pre-existing condition or gender, cover children until they are age 26, and ban annual and lifetime caps on coverage.
With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the Affordable Care Act.
Republican Senators will be using the budget reconciliation process, which will allow them to move forward with repealing certain provisions of the health care reform law without any Democratic support, although passage of any replacement will require some bipartisan support as Republicans do not have the required 60 votes to guarantee passage.
The budget resolution contains no details about what could be repealed or whether there will be a replacement, but it does direct the key committees to write draft legislation by Jan. 27.
Senate Republicans “plan to rescue those trapped in a failing system, to replace that system with a functional market, or markets, and then repeal Obamacare for good,” he said.
Sen. Alexander said the process will come in three parts. The first will protect the 11 million people who have purchased health insurance through the exchanges so that they don’t lose coverage.
“Second, we will build better systems providing Americans with more choices that cost less,” he said. “Note I say systems, not one system. If anyone is expecting [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell [R-Ky.] to roll a wheelbarrow on the Senate floor with a comprehensive Republican health care plan, they’re going to be waiting a long time because we don’t believe in that. We don’t want to replace a failed Obamacare federal system with another failed federal system.”
The last part will be to repeal what remains of the law after the new plan is in place.
Sen. Alexander reiterated that any future bill will keep the ban on coverage denials for preexisting conditions and the allowance of coverage of children up to the age of 26 who are on their parents’ plans.
He stated that this reform effort will not address Medicare reform, which will be the subject of separate legislative action.
The AGA opposes repealing the ACA unless a viable, equitable replacement is in place. Patients who have received coverage through the ACA should be able to maintain coverage without interruption, and any replacement package must ensure patient access and coverage of specialty care, provide for preventive screenings without cost-sharing, not discriminate on the basis of a pre-existing condition or gender, cover children until they are age 26, and ban annual and lifetime caps on coverage.