Health Exchange Alert Weekly Report - 07/17/2019

GAO Says 1332 Guidance Subject To CRA, Senate Dems Plot Strategy

By Amy Lotven / July 15, 2019 at 11:33 PM
Senate Finance ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (OR) put Republicans on notice that they’ll soon be asked to prove their stated support of protections for people with preexisting conditions now that the Government Accountability Office has said the Trump administration’s updated 1332 waiver guidance should have been issued as a rule. The GAO finding means the guidance is subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA), and Democrats will try to reverse the guidance using the CRA’s expedited legislative process that requires...


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