{"id":469,"date":"2017-10-05T19:48:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T19:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/?p=469"},"modified":"2017-12-01T19:55:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:55:51","slug":"fast-facts-about-whats-going-on-in-washington-with-latest-attempts-to-repeal-replace-aca-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/2017\/10\/fast-facts-about-whats-going-on-in-washington-with-latest-attempts-to-repeal-replace-aca-obamacare\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FACTS about what\u2019s going on in Washington with latest attempts to repeal\/replace ACA \u2013 Obamacare\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 29, HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price resigned his position effective immediately. Acting Assistant Secretary for <!--more-->Health Don Wright will serve as acting secretary until a new nominee is confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a lack of support, Senate Republicans scrapped a vote of the Graham-Cassidy plan to repeal\/replace the ACA.<\/p>\n<p>Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) resumed bipartisan negotiations on legislation to stabilize markets ahead of the 2018 plan year, including possible temporary funding of the ACA&#8217;s cost sharing reduction payments.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is expected to release an executive order this week to permit the sale of insurance across state lines, through a reinterpretation of ERISA.<\/p>\n<p>A Tax Reform framework was released this week as lawmakers begin the process of overhauling the nation&#8217;s Tax Code through the budget-reconciliation process. This could affect provisions governing employer-sponsored insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 29, HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price resigned his position effective immediately. Acting Assistant Secretary for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthcare-reform","tag-october-2017-newsletter"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1tE9-7z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddibenefits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}