Republicans seek ObamaCare rollback in Trump's megabill by Nathaniel Weixel
Source: The hill
Nathaniel Weixel - 06/04/25 6:00 AM ET
Republicans are seeking a major rollback of ObamaCare coverage under the House-passed megabill that would result in millions of people losing insurance coverage to help pay for President Trump’s tax cut extension.
The changes, which echo some of the debate surrounding the 2017 effort to repeal the health care law, have largely flown under the radar amid the heated debate over the bill’s billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts.
Democrats want to change that, arguing the bill is an ObamaCare repeal, even if Republicans aren’t branding it as such.
“They just don’t want to admit it. And the reality is, they use very clever code in order to cut benefits,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told reporters during a briefing Monday. “Senate Republicans need to know that cutting health care is a death sentence for their constituents, and we’re going to be making that case across the land.”
Wyden, along with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), led a briefing Tuesday with 50 hospitals, health care providers, insurance companies, labor unions, and patient and consumer advocacy groups to discuss a strategy for combating cuts to health care coverage. ....................
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5331452-republicans-obamacare-rollback-house-megabill/
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