Should-Read: Sarah Kliff: Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal

Should-Read: Sarah Kliff: Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal: “The new Republican amendment… would allow states to waive out of Obamacare’s ban on pre-existing conditions… https://www.vox.com/2017/4/25/15429982/gop-exemption-ahca-amendment

…Republican legislators liked this… enough to offer it in [the] new amendment. They do not, however, seem to like it enough to have it apply to themselves and their staff. A spokesperson for Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) who authored this amendment confirmed this was the case: members of Congress and their staff would get the guarantee of keeping these Obamacare regulations…

April 26, 2017

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