Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 05/22/2019

Dems To Hold Reinsurance Bill For Vote On Package To Lower Premiums

By Ariel Cohen / May 14, 2019 at 6:30 PM
House Democrats have delayed a floor vote on the Energy & Commerce-passed reinsurance bill because they hope to package it with legislation to lower Affordable Care Act premiums, a senior House Democratic aide told Inside Health Policy . A group of left-leaning stakeholders urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) not to move the reinsurance bill along with other ACA-related bills the House will vote on this week because they want the reinsurance measure to be coupled with legislation to increase...


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