Senate Democrats outline plans to reform health insurance
WASHINGTON — Democrats are laying out plans to rebuild the health care system in hopes of regaining control of Congress and the White House.
On Thursday, a dozen Democratic senators proposed a framework for private health insurance with the goal of making it affordable, more standardized and simpler. The plan, led by Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, is the second in a series.
Democrats have used the Affordable Care Act’s health care spending cuts and rising insurance costs as a cudgel against Republicans this election cycle. But they also want to tell voters what they support, not just what they are against, lawmakers say. And they see major setbacks to Medicaid and ACA insurance coverage as an opportunity to start from scratch and get the different factions of the Democratic Party to agree on how to rebuild the health care system.
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