At first glance, the latest Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act might appear similar to earlier bills. It would repeal the individual mandate to purchase insurance and get rid of certain subsidies for out-of-pocket health expenses. The Cassidy-Graham bill would repeal the expansion of Medicaid coverage to poor adults and cancel subsidies that help middle-income Americans afford insurance. Beginning in 2020, states would get block grants they could use to replicate the Affordable Care Act programs, if they wanted to, or develop their own health care plans. The bill would allow states to waive the Affordable Care Act’s insurance regulations that were designed to protect consumers, unless they wanted to preserve them.

Source: New York Times September 22, 2017 22:43 UTC