ACHA amendment a sop to the Freedom Caucus to gain its support while moving the AHCA even further from moderate Republican and Democrat support. It is also divisive and unsustainable.

ACHA: Under the revised American Health Care Act, states would have the right to waive the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits as of 2020.

ACHA, round two. After weeks of negotiation between the Freedom Caucus led by Rep. Mark Meadows and Republican moderates led by Representative Tom MacArthur, the Meadows-MacArthur amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is being proposed as the bridge between the AHCA and the strong conservative block that would like to see a market-based insurance industry approach to address the weaknesses of the Affordable Care Act.

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