Members of the Senate blocked a fat Affordable Care Act (ACA) change proposal package Tuesday and are now getting ready later today on a skinny package.
Republicans in Senate are now trying to change the ACA by debating, amending and, possibly, passing their own version of H.R. 1628, a House bill that would repeal many parts of the Affordable Care Act and change others.
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Republicans hold 52 seats in the Senate. Under Senate rules, Republicans need 60 votes to get an ordinary bill through the Senate, and just 51 votes to get a budget measure through.
Because of that system, Republicans are trying to use a budget bill to change the ACA.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
