Senate Bill Drops Continuous Coverage, Keeps ACA Subsidy Structure, Funds CSRs Through 2019

The Senate Republicans’ health reform discussion draft is similar to the House-passed American Health Care Act, but gets rid of the continuous coverage provision, offers more generous tax credits and calls for a longer phase-out of Medicaid expansion. The Senate bill, like its House counterpart, delays the unpopular Cadillac tax and gets rid of the ACA's individual and employer mandate penalties, although the Senate doesn't include a new type of penalty. The Senate draft provides a different avenue than the...