Alexander And Murray Once Again Close To Reaching Stabilization Deal

Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking Democrat Patty Murray (WA) are close to a deal on a market stabilization package, key senators said Thursday (Sept. 28), although Republican leaders continue to signal caution on whether the House and Senate will pass the measure. The renewed optimism about a bipartisan stabilization deal comes one day after the deadline passed for insurers to sign contracts with CMS to participate in the exchanges, and days after rates spiked again in...