Comparison of House v. Senate Health Care Draft Bills

A topic of much discussion, but few solutions, has been healthcare in America. President Donald Trump was supposedly elected, in part, because of his promises to “Repeal and Replace” the Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare.” Many politicians and reporters were talking about passing the replacement bill prior to the summer Congressional recess. We are currently in that recess, and clearly, no such bill has been passed. In today’s hyper-partisan world, it is tough to get all senators or representatives from one side of the political aisle to vote for something together; the idea that senators or representatives from the other party may vote in tandem on such a hot-button issue is almost impossible. Right now, the House of Representatives has passed a bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), while the Senate has introduced a discussion draft. It is highly unlikely that Senators will vote on a health care bill during the week they return from recess. Currently, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is sending several proposals and basic outlines to the Congressional Budget Office for scoring. In the meantime, below is a side by side comparison of the House-passed AHCA with the Senate discussion draft bill. It is important to remember that this is not a comparison of two bills that have been passed and now must be reconciled – instead, it is more of a guideline to show where one side of the Legislature stands on the issues as compared to the other side of the Leg...
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