Congress’ eleventh-hour budget deal for the last six months of FY 2011 targets two fairly minor measures in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by The Hill.
The deal, reached Friday evening, just before the government would have been shut down, strikes a provision allowing some workers to forgo their employer-based healthcare coverage and buy insurance in their own state’s health insurance exchanges.
The deal also cuts $2.2 billion for healthcare co-operatives, which allow some workers to forgo employer healthcare coverage and opt instead for a contribution to buy insurance on their own in state health insurance exchanges. But the deal leaves $4.4 billion in 2012 funding for the program.
Read The Hill report on healthcare reform.
Read more coverage on federal budget cuts:
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– Medicare, Medicaid Cuts Expected in Upcoming Presidential Proposal
– Hospital Groups Slam GOP Budget Plan, Especially Medicaid Cuts
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