S&P: Senate healthcare bill is 'inadequate beyond 2021'

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Senate Republicans' proposed healthcare bill, dubbed the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, is "positive in the short term but inadequate beyond 2021," according to an analysis by S&P Global.

S&P said cost sharing reductions, short-term assistance funds and stabilization funds for the states provided under the BCRA would have a positive effect on the individual insurance market from 2018 to 2021.

However, S&P said the proposed bill fails to create a long-term sustainable market, as there would be a "sharp drop in access" to health insurance after 2021.

For the individual market, the decline in access would be caused by a reduction in federal funding for advanced premium tax credits through the use of a "lower actuarial value for the benchmark plan" and elimination of the ACA's individual mandate, according to S&P.

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