Sen. Patty Murray’s bipartisan health care effort left out of spending bill
The legislation had another chance but Wednesday Congressional budget negotiators left it out of a spending bill to fund the government through September. Murray and Alexander, chairman of the
In a joint statement issued with Sen.
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The push to get the cost-sharing payment bill passed took on greater importance after the tax bill signed into law by Trump late last year eliminated the individual mandate in Obamacare, putting more pressure on insurers working in state health exchanges. The impact of the the loss of the mandate and the cost-sharing payments won't fully be known until insurance companies submit their rates to state insurance commissioners later this spring.
Murray voiced her disappointment Wednesday as it became clear the spending bill would likely move forward without her and Alexander's work.
"I've worked with Chairman Alexander for months in good faith to try to negotiate a bipartisan agreement that would have lowered health care costs for families and restored much-needed stability to health care in our country," Murray said. "It's unfortunate that (Majority Leader) Senator (Mitch)
Budget negotiators planned to unveil the government-wide spending bill later Wednesday in hopes of passing it before a Friday midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown.
Lawmakers agreed on the broad outlines of the budget plan last month. The legislation implementing that deal is viewed as possibly one of few bills moving through
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