Exactly what you’d expect when the future of healthcare gets negotiated in a secret backroom deal,’–McCaskill
"At first glance, this looks like exactly what you'd expect when the future of healthcare gets negotiated in a secret backroom deal--you get a bill that hikes costs for working families, strips protections from Missourians who've been sick before, and slices critical resources for rural healthcare and anti-opioid efforts. Current healthcare law needs to be fixed, no question about it--and I've proposed specific legislation to help fix it. But the bill announced today is a disaster for
McCaskill recently introduced legislation to protect Missourians' access to health insurance--specifically by allowing individuals in "bare counties"--counties with no insurers participating in the individual insurance marketplaces--access to the same insurance plans offered to members of
The legislation would ensure that individuals in counties with no insurance options on the individual Marketplace have access to insurance through "DC Health Link" where most members of
Most of
McCaskill's new bill is her latest action to address problems with the Affordable Care Act. Previously, she helped repeal burdensome reporting requirements on small businesses, introduced bipartisan legislation to address a provision leading to problematic Medicare reimbursements to hospitals, backed a plan to increase healthcare flexibility for small employers, and to address how the law defines small group markets, and backed legislation improving healthcare options for pregnant women.
The controversial overhaul of America's healthcare system being pursued by
Visit mccaskill.senate.gov/healthcare to learn more about McCaskill's work to improve healthcare for Missourians.
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