Members of the Senate blocked a fat Affordable Care Act (ACA)change proposal package Tuesday and are now getting ready latertoday on a skinny package.
Republicans in Senate are now trying to change the ACA bydebating, amending and, possibly, passing their own version of H.R.1628, a House bill that would repeal many parts of the AffordableCare Act and change others.
Senate procedures
Republicans hold 52 seats in the Senate. Under Senate rules,Republicans need 60 votes to get an ordinary bill through theSenate, and just 51 votes to get a budget measure through.
Because of that system, Republicans are trying to use a budgetbill 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.
