The United States Senate once again failed to pass a bill that would change provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson bill was touted as the last best chance to revise health care reform. The Senate had until September 30, 2017 to pass legislation revision the Affordable Care Act with a simple majority vote, rather than a 2/3 vote. Knowing it didn’t have the votes to pass, Senate leadership postponed a vote on the bill.
The Graham-Cassidy bill would have made the following changes to the ACA:
With the demise of the Graham-Cassidy bill and the expiration of the time period for the Senate to pass health care reform with a simple majority, it certainly seems as if the Affordable Care Act will be the law of the land for some time to come.