Vox has this summary document provided by a lobbyist:
The Senate Republicans’ revised health care bill will keep Obamacare’s taxes on high-income Americans in place and allow the sales of bare-bones health insurance plans that wouldn’t pass muster under the Affordable Care Act, according to a summary of the bill obtained by Vox.
The bill will include a provision based on a proposal by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), which allows health plans to offer skimpy coverage options so long as they have at least one plan that covers a robust set of benefits. The insurance industry opposes the policy, calling it “infeasible” and fearing it would create “greater instability.”
The new bill is also expected to include an additional $70 billion to offset insurers’ bills for high-cost patients, in addition to $112 billion in the original bill. It will also allow individuals to use tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSAs) to pay their health insurance premiums, and for the use of tax credits to purchase catastrophic coverage plans.
I think the Ted Cruz amendment which would throw the market into complete diassary may be ablative in nature. Intended to burn off through the process while safeguarding other heinous bullshit.
