Sen. Bob Casey backs ‘Medicare-like’ option to keep premiums down
Casey, a
"The bad bill is still with us," Casey said during a morning news conference at the
He called the proposal, which includes tax cuts for the wealthy, "obscene, wrong, (and) not who we are as Americans," saying senators should send it "back to the trash heap where it belongs."
The nonpartisan
Sen.
Casey acknowledged the problem of rising premiums Friday, saying he would support a Medicare-like public option to compete with private insurance plans and keep premiums down in regional marketplaces.
Six months later she was cancer-free, she said. She is concerned her premiums would rise because of her pre-existing condition under the Republican proposal -- a common problem before the ACA's passage.
The bill, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, wouldn't allow insurers to deny people insurance coverage or raise their premiums specifically due to pre-existing conditions. But an amendment from Sen.
Casey was scheduled to hold roundtable discussions on the potential impacts to opioid treatment in
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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