Q&A: New health bill offers stability, respite on premiums
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October 20, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — The bipartisan health care bill formally proposed Thursday in Congress would help stabilize insurance markets up-ended by the fierce partisan battle over "Obamacare." For consumers, it offers a potential respite from the spiral of rising premiums and dwindling choice.
The legislation from Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington is a political cease-fire that would send a reassuring message to insurers selling individual health policies to more than 17 million Americans.
Consumers who get subsidized get coverage under the Oba...
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