What healthcare bill are Republicans voting on?
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Answer
Republicans are voting on a health care bill focused on expanding health savings accounts and overhauling the system, rather than extending Affordable Care Act subsidies. The House GOP bill also aims to expand access for small businesses to shared health care plans and lower drug prices, but does not include a subsidy extension, which is a major point of contention with Democrats.
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House set to vote on GOP health care bill
- ACA subsidies set to expire at the end of the month 5s
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- Bill would expand small business health plans and lower drug prices 54s
- Democrats seek clean three-year extension of subsidies 1m 18s
- Senate passage unlikely without addressing expiring subsidies 2m 9s
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The House is set to vote this week on a Republican-led health care bill that does not include an extension of ACA subsidies, focusing instead on expanding access for small businesses to shared health care plans and lowering drug prices.
Republicans have two healthcare proposals in the Senate and another from the House; their plans include creating health savings accounts for healthcare coverage, and some seek to eliminate ACA subsidies in favor of broader reforms.
