GOP takes aim at ACA, Medicare: 9 things to know

1. House Republicans released a 2019 budget proposal that would balance the budget by 2027 by enacting $8.1 trillion in spending cuts
2. The GOP plan would limit per capita payments for Medicaid or give states the option to convert their Medicaid plans into block grant coverage
3. Under reconciliation rules, the budget would allow the Senate to cut at least $302 billion in spending with only 50 votes
4. The House Budget Committee is looking to pass the proposal before the end of the week
5. The Trump administration also issued a final rule June 19 that gives more leeway to small businesses looking to create health insurance plans that bypass many ACA regulations
6. The association health plans, which allow groups such as community organizations, churches and professional associations to band together to purchase or offer health insurance
7. While the rule will not allow new association health plans to deny coverage or raise premiums based on pre-existing conditions, it will let plans raise premiums based on age, gender and industry
8. The Congressional Budget Office projects 400,000 previously uninsured Americans would gain coverage under association health plans
9. Consumer groups and some state officials who oppose the rule argue association health plans will draw healthy individuals out of the ACA's individual marketplace

Source: Becker’s Hospital Review
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