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Marco Rubio's Risk Corridor Amendment Triggers ACA Insurance Market Destabilization

2014-12-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Senator Marco Rubio successfully inserted a provision into the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 that prohibited the Department of Health and Human Services from using general appropriations to fund the ACA’s risk corridor program, limiting payments to only user …

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House Republicans Launch Six Years of Symbolic ACA Repeal Votes

2011-01-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Three days after taking control of the House, Republicans passed H.R. 2, the ‘Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act,’ in a 245-189 vote with three Democratic defections. The bill was never considered by the Democratic Senate. This initiated a six-year campaign of symbolic repeal …

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