Market Stabilization Package Unlikely To Pass Ahead Of Sept. 27 Rate-Filing Deadline

An Affordable Care Act stabilization package isn’t likely to face a floor vote before the Sept. 27 deadline for final rate-filing, senior aides in the House and Senate said Tuesday (Sept. 5). In his floor remarks Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) excluded any health care measures from his list of legislative priorities for the month. Yet the Senate health committee kicks off its series of stabilization hearings Wednesday (Sept. 6) with testimony from state insurance commissioners, followed by...