Healthcare Triage: One Republican Backup Plan for the AHCA: Cassidy-Collins

If the new AHCA doesn’t pass (which is definitely in the realm of possibility), Republicans in Congress will need to come up with another plan to fulfill their promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. Senators Susan Collins of Maine, and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana have a plan, we’re going to tell you about it. That’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage.

We taped this before the AHCA was released. I don’t care. I think Cassidy-Collins may re-emerge and become more important if the AHCA falls apart.

Read the summary here.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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