Republicans turn around on health care

Senate Republicans are reversing the course of action and are now seriously considering health care legislation to replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act should the courts overturn the achievements of former President Obama.

GOP lawmakers have the urgent feeling of proposing a plan to replace ObamaCare's most popular components, after a panel of appeals judges on Tuesday aggressively asked if the law had legal force after the repeal of the tax penalty for non insurance.

An annulment in court could leave millions of people with preexisting illnesses without insurance and disrupt the coverage of others.

The mere act of reviewing legislative action is a reversal from a few months ago when the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellRepublicans turn back on health care Trump nominees meet fiercest opposition from Warren, Sanders and Gillibrand Democratic Party in vogue MORE (R-Ky.) Said that Senate Republicans would not propose legislation to replace ObamaCare before the 2020 elections, saying it would have no chance of passing Congress, especially with a Chamber controlled by the Democrats.

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Lamar AlexanderAndrew (Lamar) Lamar AlexanderRepublicans turn on health care Announcement by Trump and approve of Senate candidacy in Tennessee Japan "Political" solutions to surprise medical billing worsen the problem MORE (R-Texas) has even left out the thorny debate about how to reform health insurance – a central element of ObamaCare – to focus instead on finding ways to reduce health costs.

But on Tuesday, McConnell promised that the Senate would act quickly to protect people with pre-existing health problems if a GOP-backed trial succeeded in overthrowing ObamaCare.

"I think the important thing for the public is to know that there is no one in the Senate who is not in favor of covering pre-existing conditions," McConnell said.

"We would act quickly on a bipartisan basis to restore" these protections if they were overturned by the courts, he added.

The lawsuit, backed by a group of Republican governors and attorneys general, says the mandate of the Affordable Insurance Insurance Act is unconstitutional and the law as a whole should be overturned.

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Senate Republican leaders hesitated in March when Trump lobbied them at a private meeting to push forward a bill to replace ObamaCare. GOP leaders in the Senate were reluctant to create divisions within their conference on how to proceed on the issue of divisions.

Republicans aware of this week's negotiations say that any replacement plan for ObamaCare will be much narrower than Democratic legislation ten years ago.

Sen. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyRepublicans turn back on health care Republicans are reluctant to blame Paul Ryan for taking Trump Romney defends Paul Ryan: "The fault of our defeat of 2012 is mine alone" MORE (R-Utah), who, as governor of Massachusetts in 2006, put in place a health insurance law that then served as a model for ObamaCare, takes the lead in the negotiations, according to Republican senators who told him spoken.

Romney works with Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) And consults closely with Alexander and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamRepublicans turn around on health care Trump changes opinion on former British ambassador: "We wish him good luck" Legislators recognize that they might have to pass a " CR "fearsome SUITE (R-S.C..).

"I talked to Romney about it," Sen said. Shelley Moore CapitoShelley Wellons Moore Republicans turn around on health care Anguish reigns over the Senate facing the raising of the debt ceiling. Money: the Parliamentary Secretary of Labor under the fire of the plea agreement against Epstein | Trump Defends Acosta While Dems Calls For Eviction | Biden Publishes Tax Returns Showing Strong Increase In Revenue | Technology giants to testify at House antitrust hearing (R-W.Va.). "I think it's important that we have a plan and a reaffirmation that we believe people with pre-existing conditions should be covered."

Republican lawmakers say they should be more prepared with ideas to replace ObamaCare over 2017, when a seven-month effort to repeal and enforce the law in the Senate had failed dramatically.

"If the ObamaCare fight two years ago taught us something: we had better prepare ourselves in advance with more precision about our projects," said Capito, referring to the GOP's unsuccessful attempt Repeal and replace ObamaCare in 2017.

A Republican Senate advisor said that even though the 5th Circuit panel, consisting of two judges appointed by the GOP and a judge appointed by the Democratic Party, would remain in force until the Supreme Court heard the case, probably in the summer of 2020 – shortly before the presidential election.

"If the 5th Circuit concludes that the Affordable Care Law is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court will consider it, which means that next July, we will have to be ready for a court decision," he said. said the assistant.

Romney met with Alexander and Graham on Thursday afternoon to discuss what a Republican alternative to ObamaCare would look like, according to a Senate aide aware of the meeting.

Scott says the goals of the law would be to protect people with pre-existing illnesses and allow young adults to stay on their parents' health insurance plan up to age 26, two of the Affordable's most popular provisions. Care Act.

"There were two things in ObamaCare: pre-existing conditions and staying on your parents' plan. We have no idea what will happen in the case, but we should still try to find a way to get something done that covers both of these issues, "Scott said.

"Many of us are trying to understand how to proceed," he said. "We talked to a lot of people."

When asked how he would support the costs associated with the protection of people with pre-existing medical conditions and the extension of health coverage of young people up to the age of 26, Scott said that the GOP plan would not require significant expenses.

"It's not really something to pay. It's something insurance companies have to do, and they're doing it now, "he said. "They all conform to that now."

"Before ObamaCare, the state had many ways to do it," he said to ensure that people with pre-existing medical conditions had access to coverage.

Democrats would have little chance of subscribing to a GOP plan to address pre-existing issues, despite McConnell's plan that the Senate "act quickly on a bipartisan basis."

"Republicans on this issue of pre-existing conditions can not have both.You can not support the lawsuit and say that you care about pre-existing conditions," Sen said. Bob CaseyRobert (Bob) Patrick CaseyRepublicans turn around in the health field Democrats put pressure on the IRS to reduce donor disclosure requirements Children urge Congress to renew funding for research on HIV / AIDS diabetes MORE (D-Pa.), Member of the Senate Committee on Health. "They have not prepared anything."

When he was informed of Romney's efforts to put in place a fallback plan to protect people from the loss of health insurance, Casey said, "They've been saying it for at least eight years. "

"That's what happens when the leadership of a political party does not spend a lot of time on health care for 25 years. They have crazy ideas, "he said of Scott's argument that protecting pre-existing conditions would not require significant additional federal spending.

Sen. Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsRepublicans turn back on health care Children urge Congress to renew funding for diabetes research Justice Democrats issues 3 new ads for progressive candidates (R-Maine), who faces tough re-election next year, said she would be "very worried" if the Supreme Court eventually overturned ObamaCare.

"I do not think there is a plan in place to take care of the people who used the scholarships to buy their insurance or who were covered by the Medicaid extension," she said. "I just hope the court will not hit him."

Shortly before Thursday's meeting, Romney told The Hill that he did not know when the bill would be unveiled or who would support it.

"I just do not have any details on the timing or who will be meeting," he said. "We'll see where the timing is."