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10 ways the newest ACA repeal bill is harsher than the previous GOP bill

Modern Healthcare: The new Senate Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could reduce funding, coverage and consumer protections even more sharply than the GOP's previous repeal bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.Here's how: 1. Establishes fixed state block grants that cap federal subsidies for coverage. The BCRA would have continued Obamacare's guaranteed subsidies to qualifying individuals.2. Ends all federal subsidies in 2026, compared with no subsidy cutoff under the BCRA.3. Ends Medicaid expansion entirely in 2020. The BCRA would have phased out enhanced funding in 2024 and let states continue expansion using standard federal match funds.4. States could give insurers unlimited ability to consider pre-existing conditions to set premiums.

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