GOP's ACA Replacement Proposal Would Lower Costs

The American Action Fund-backed Center for Health and Economy issued a report that found a bicameral GOP repeal-and-replace proposal would lower premiums, reduce the federal deficit by $534 billion between 2016 and 2025, and increase patient access to health care providers compared to the Affordable Care Act, congressional staff said in a release Monday (March 2). The draft Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment (CARE) Act, co-authored by Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI),...