Ms. Collins wanted to fund the healthcare proposals in order to offset the negative effects of the individual insurance mandate repeal included in the tax bill, but she announced Wednesday she would not risk the funding bill’s passage by including these measures. Instead, she said Congress will tackle the Alexander-Murray market stabilization bill after Jan. 1.
Ms. Collins said she is allowing leaders to slide on their promise in order to pass the funding bill and avoid a government shutdown, which would come Saturday unless emergency legislation was passed. However, she also noted Congressional leaders will not forget her healthcare initiatives in the new year.
“This afternoon Speaker Paul Ryan called me and said that the House remains committed to passing legislation to provide for high-risk pools and other reinsurance mechanisms similar to the bipartisan legislation I have introduced,” Ms. Collins said in a statement.
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