Real WV – Competing bills on health care both failed in the US Senate on Thursday, adding further uncertainty to the looming expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies which will cause steep increases to health care costs for around 60,000 West Virginians.
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The Democratic plan to extend the ACA subsidies for three years failed by a vote of 51-48 (with two Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Josh Hawley of Missouri, breaking ranks to join Democrats).
The Republican plan also failed by a vote of 51-48. It would have allowed the ACA subsidies to expire, provided $1,000 annually to Americans who make 700% of the poverty line or less for a health savings account, and expand the number of catastrophic insurance plans available in the health care marketplace.
