Seems Eddie Munster Jr. aka Paul Ryan wanted to keep language in RyanCARE 2.0 that allowed Congress and it’s staff to be exempt from ObamaCARE. Ryan finally caved apparently as Republicans say they will kill a provision in their new ObamaCare “repeal” bill. Of course, it’s still not a repeal bill, merely a tweaking ObamaCARE bill. Paul Ryan really is a slimy little worm.
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Republicans say they will kill a provision in their new ObamaCare repeal bill that would have exempted members of Congress and their staffs from some of its effects.
An amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) intended to win over conservatives would allow states to apply for waivers for certain ObamaCare provisions — but it wouldn’t apply to Congress.
Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), an author of the new language, said he is working with leadership to remove the exemption.
“That’ll be fixed,” he said. “That was written in to comply with some Senate rules to make sure it’s just a budget vote. … Leadership has already committed that we will have a stand-alone bill that corrects that. Congress, my staff, we’re on the Affordable Care Act exchange. We need to live by the same rules as everyone else, period. And I will make sure that is fixed before a vote.”
MacArthur’s amendment, negotiated with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, would gives states the ability to opt out of ObamaCare rules that keep insurers from charging premiums based on a customer’s health and require basic health plans to cover certain services, like prescription drugs and mental healthcare.It isn’t entirely clear why or how language exempting lawmakers and staffers ended up in the amendment.