How a Republican Congress would replace Obamacare

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Washington Examiner:

Forget the GOP’s longstanding pledge to repeal the entire healthcare law in one fell swoop.

 

A Republican-led Congress would attempt to dismantle Obamacare one provision at a time and would try to replace the law the same piecemeal way, using a collection of proposals for improving the nation’s health insurance system that have garnered at least some bipartisan support during the past four years.

 

“It’s not a 2,700-page bill we’d wheel down to the Senate floor,” a GOP leadership aide told the Washington Examiner, referencing the massive legislative document that became the Affordable Care Act.

 

Ideas for replacing Obamacare have long been discussed in both chambers, outlined in legislation, and passed in the GOP-led House during the past two years.

 

The proposals consist of allowing people to purchase insurance across state lines, reining in medical malpractice awards, expanding health savings accounts, and allowing small businesses to pool resources to lower insurance costs for employees. Medicaid reform is another element of the GOP’s healthcare overhaul plan.

 

 

“We are open to having a lot of good ideas, and there are a lot of ideas out there,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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Let's make a deal: What Obama and a GOP Congress could accomplish

 

Divided government, the most likely outcome after Tuesday’s midterms, could lead to long-elusive deals between the White House and Republicans on items President Obama needs to bolster his legacy and Republicans seek to showcase their ability to govern.

 

Obama and his Democratic allies, in an attempt to fend off a Republican takeover of the Senate, have framed a possible Republican Congress as a recipe for gridlock on Capitol Hill.

 

While that narrative may fire up the progressive base, those engaged in the seemingly endless showdown between the White House and the Capitol suggest that political survival could force Obama and his most vocal critics to the negotiating table in the wake of likely GOP gains on Nov. 4.

 

Potential breakthroughs on trade, prison sentencing reform and infrastructure spending were floated by Republicans and Democrats alike in conversations with the Washington Examiner about the political landscape during Obama’s final two years in office.

 

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