Parties Kick Off Blame Game As Fate Of ACA Stabilization Hangs In Balance

By Ariel Cohen / March 20, 2018 at 7:50 PM
Senate Republicans say that they hope to include Affordable Care Act market stabilization in their version of the omnibus package, but are awaiting the release of the House version of the spending bill before unveiling their legislation. Meanwhile, the formerly bipartisan stabilization effort dissolved into partisan bickering, largely over abortion politics, as both sides blamed the other for taking a hard stance on the controversial Hyde amendment. Several GOP senators accused their Democratic colleagues of playing electoral politics on abortion,...


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