AHCA Revived With Language Keeping Preexisting Conditions But Allowing Other Exemptions

By Amy Lotven / April 20, 2017 at 7:39 PM
House Republicans, armed with new language floated by moderate New Jersey Republican Tom MacArthur and pressed by the White House to produce a legislative victory, are gearing up to revive their failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act as early as next week. It is unclear how many Republicans will be picked up by the amendment -- which retains the ACA's preexisting conditions requirement but lets states opt out of other benefits -- but some sources predict...


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