2018 Budget Resolution Keeps Door Open For ACA Repeal-Replace

The Senate Budget Committee's 2018 budget resolution, created to allow Republicans to pass tax reform through a simple majority, keeps the option open for repealing the Affordable Care Act through instructions for any reserve funds, although lawmakers and congressional aides say health reform is unlikely to come up in a tax reform package. Title III of the resolution establishes instructions for a “Deficit-Neutral Reserve Fund to Protect Flexible and Affordable Health Care For All.” The instructions permit Budget Committee Chair...