Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has promised Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the deal will pass in 2017, according to The Hill. This could reportedly be done by including the deal, which would provide funding for cost-sharing subsidies to insurers, in government spending legislation.
“I do [have a promise to pass Alexander-Murray] from the majority leader, and so we’re working out the details of that,” Ms. Collins told media this week, according to The Hill.
She added the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown “is certainly a possible vehicle but obviously there needs to be some discussions with the House.”
A spokesperson for Mr. McConnell did not immediately respond to The Hill‘s request for comment on the promise.
The report notes Ms. Collins has said Alexander-Murray and a reinsurance bill she introduced in September with Sen. Bill Nelson, R-Fla., need to pass since a proposed Republican tax bill includes a repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate. A full Senate vote on the proposed tax bill is expected this week.
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