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This Senate Measure Would Restrict Health Care Choices and Raise Premiums

The Senate is expected to vote soon on a resolution aimed at curbing the president’s efforts to reduce health care premiums and expand insurance options for Americans.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., authored the resolution, which would curtail an administration initiative that was the driving force behind the first-ever reduction in average Obamacare premiums: the authority to grant states waivers from certain regulatory requirements in the Affordable Care Act.

Warner has filed a motion to force a Senate vote on his resolution by Nov. 12. The Warner resolution would be considered under a special procedure that prevents filibusters, allowing the measure to pass on a simple majority vote.

At issue is a provision of the Affordable Care Act (Section 1332) that authorizes states to obtain waivers from some of the law’s onerous provisions.

Read the full story from The Daily Signal


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