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Wisconsin's GOP to try for reinsurance waiver as 2018 midterms loom

Modern Healthcare: Wisconsin's Senate and Assembly voted to advance GOP Gov. Scott Walker's plan for an individual market reinsurance fund late Tuesday, in a move conservatives hope will lower exchange premiums before the 2018 midterm elections.

The legislation is a piece of the "Health Care Stability Plan" that Walker proposed in his January State of the State address. The proposal also asks the Legislature to codify into law the Affordable Care Act's protections for people with pre-existing conditions and to make permanent the state's waiver that helps with drug costs for seniors.

While his plan shores up key parts of the ACA, Walker has framed it as a "market-driven solution that will lower premiums."

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