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Excellent, easy to read, article on recent changes to Senate Health Care bill.
1. Allows insurers to sell plans that do not comply with some current insurance regulations, as long as they also sell ones that do.
2. Provides $45 billion for opioid addiction treatment.
3. Restores two taxes on high-income earners.
4. Lets people use money from health savings accounts to pay premiums.
3 Things That Didn’t Make the Bill
1. Lower Medicaid cuts.
2. Funding for Planned Parenthood.
3. More money for subsidies.
The article includes a short explanation of each change and which Republican Senators wanted the changes.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/13/us/senate-health-care-bill-changes.html?&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news