The elimination of the individual mandate will likely result in major increases in rates for 2019. Those rates will be made public before the election, and insurance companies will certainly put the blame on the Republicans. Some Republicans in Congress are worried that could hurt their reelection chances, and are working with Democrats to throw some big bucks at the insurance companies to minimize rate increases.
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The transfusion is expected to be a concoction of two bills. The first, championed by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D., Wash.), would appropriate cost-sharing-reduction payments to insurers. The second, sponsored by Sens. Susan Collins (R., Maine) and Bill Nelson (D., Fla.), would give insurers an additional $10 billion (and perhaps more) in federal cash.
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