Senate to Begin Debate on Obamacare Repeal Resolution
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"Americans face skyrocketing premiums and soaring deductibles," said Chairman Enzi. "Insurers are withdrawing from markets across the country, leaving many families with fewer choices and less access to care than they had before - the opposite of what the law promised. Today, we take the first steps to repair the nation's broken health care system, removing
This repeal resolution promises relief for Americans from Obamacare and provides the tools necessary to repeal this failed law.
The resolution includes:
* Reconciliation instructions to authorizing committees so that repeal legislation can move through a fast-track process and can pass with only a simple majority in the
* The resolution provides reconciliation instructions to four authorizing committees - Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce in the House, Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the
* The resolution calls for the authorizing committees to report legislation to their Budget Committee by
* Reserve funds necessary to accommodate legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. These authorities permit the Budget Committee Chairs to adjust resolution figures as needed to accommodate patient-centered health care reform legislation in the future.
Text of the Repeal Resolution: http://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HEN17065.pdf.
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