Medicare X would leave the existing healthcare system cemented under former President Barack Obama intact, but would create a public option for Medicare provisions.
Although the plan is impossible to pass with a Democratic majority in Congress, leaving Virginia in control of Medicaid funding via federal block grants could reignite last year’s expansion battle.
After the revelation that monthly insurance premiums will skyrocket next year, a state committee will convene in effort to lower the costs of healthcare insurance under the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Governor Ralph Northam vetoed four GOP bills that he claims would “undermine” Virginia’s health insurance marketplace and raise the cost of care for everyone. Ironically, this is the same problem that Republican senators say their proposals were set to fix.
The new Obamacare nutritional information provision will not only be ruinously expensive, both in dollar amounts to make the change and the man hours to do it, but it is highly unlikely to change consumer behavior for the better.
A joint statement has been released by Speaker Kirk Cox and the Republican leadership after bills introduced by the governor ahead of the special session.
