Graham-Cassidy: “Repeal and Replace,” Revisited
Efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 have consumed a substantial portion of the legislative agenda of the 115th Congress (2017-2018). One recent proposal, Cassidy-Graham, which is co-sponsored by Nevada’s senior senator, Dean Heller, has garnered renewed interest in modifying the ACA this fall, after a series of measures failed to gain traction over the summer.First, some history, as some provisions in Cassidy-Graham bear a striking similarity to those in the now-defunct congressional health care proposals. On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1628, known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017. Amongst its numerous provision
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