The White House’s plans for a health care bill have been revised and are circulating through Congress. Some see the new bill as an improvement and more likely to pass.
Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) talked about why the new bill will be more effective in getting approval.
“Freedom Caucus will like the fact that it’s a state’s option to apply for a waiver to address the essential health benefits, but the moderates like the fact that in the absence of that, they’re back in. That was a big one.
“The other one was directing the—at least the proposal, now—to direct the stability funds into what you want to call a high-risk off-set, which we’re confident then, the insurance companies would assure the public that will reduce premiums.
“The complaint was before, the American Health Care Act was not definitively reducing premiums in the first two years. This will give us that assurance.”