Senator Alexander on Discussion Draft of Senate Health Care Bill
"To begin with, the draft
"To begin with, the draft
Alexander continued, "Here are some other benefits for Tennesseans I see in this draft:
* Offers health care coverage to 162,000 Tennesseans who make less than
* Means the 350,000 Tennesseans who buy their insurance in the individual market - these are Tennesseans who don't get their insurance on the job or who don't get it from the government - are more likely to be able to buy insurance next year instead of being in the collapsing Obamacare exchanges where there may be only one option - or even zero options - to buy insurance.
* Repeals the health insurance tax, which drives up the cost of premiums.
* Gives the state more flexibility and continues federal cost-sharing, which our state insurance commissioner said will help bring down the cost of premiums.
* Slows down sky-rocketing premiums, which in
* Repeals the medical device tax on one of our state's largest exports.
* Repeals the employer mandate penalty, which should mean that employers should be able to offer employees more choices of insurance at a lower-cost--and about 60 percent of us get our insurance on the job.
* Ends the tax on individuals who choose not to buy insurance.
* Provides more money for hospitals that serve low-income Tennesseans who don't have insurance.
* Provides new funding for opioid abuse, and opioid abuse is a rampant epidemic in our state.
* Provides new Medicaid funding for mental health to double the number of days of in-patient treatment."
He concluded, "I'm going to continue to review this draft. I'm going to see what it costs when the
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