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| Kasich, Hickenblooper unveil bipartisan Obamacare fix | |
| 2017-09-01 | |
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Republican Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado on Thursday unveiled a plan to fix Obamacare's exchanges that includes injecting new funds into the controversial law.
The governors don't give an exact figure for the stability fund. But they pointed to a recent failed Obamacare repeal bill that would have given states $15 billion a year to address issues in Obamacare's individual marketplaces. "We recommend funding the program for at least two years and fully offsetting the cost so it does not add to the deficit," according to the letter outlining the plan. The letter was sent a week before Congress returns and starts work on a bipartisan stabilization plan. The Kasich-Hickenlooper plan also aims to boost rural insurer competition by exempting the health insurance tax for any insurer that offers plans in counties that have only one carrier. It would allow residents to buy into the Federal Employee Benefit Program, which gives rural residents the same healthcare access that federal workers get. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Hickenblooper?I think TW just killed any chance of him running in 2020. Or ever, for that matter. Been calling him Pooperlickin since about one year after he took the reigns of Colorado and started jerking about. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-09-01 18:18 |
| #6 But they pointed to a recent failed Obamacare repeal bill that would have given states $15 billion a year to address issues in Obamacare's individual marketplaces. Did they consider that the key point here was 'repeal of the law', or did they just overlook it somehow? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-09-01 13:27 |
| #5 Kicking the can down the road for two years. The FEBP is a program I wish I had instead of what I pay for Medicare and a Supplemental policy. Those who go on FEBP won't like getting off at the end of two years. In Washington, "fully-offsetting the costs" means robbing another fund. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-01 09:47 |
| #4 You lost me at "Kasich." |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-09-01 09:44 |
| #3 Expand the program. How original.... not. Failure isn't very original guys. Now if you had said you would shoot all the people that wrote, voted for and keep voting to keep it in place, now that would be original. Try again. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-09-01 09:00 |
| #2 that includes injecting new funds Shocked, I'm shocked that this is going to cost even more money. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-09-01 08:21 |
| #1 Hickenblooper? I think TW just killed any chance of him running in 2020. Or ever, for that matter. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-09-01 00:54 |