In May of this year, the U,S.
Supreme Court struck down an ObamaCare rule that would have forced insurance companies to charge people more for health care if they were sick or injured.
But as many of the most vulnerable Americans are in the U., the GOP-controlled Senate could have prevented the repeal from taking effect.
Senate Republicans are facing the prospect of losing control of the Senate for the first time in more than a decade.
Here’s how the health care debate in the Senate could change in 2018.
1.
The GOP-led Senate could pass a bill repealing ObamaCare and allowing states to opt out of the rule.
This is the most likely scenario, and it’s the most popular.
The Senate’s Republican leadership is expected to approve a measure to repeal ObamaCare next week.
If it passes, the Senate will likely take up a bill that will either allow states to go back to ObamaCare and continue paying for services, or it will repeal the rule altogether.
2.
The House could pass the AHCA as an amendment to a spending bill.
It would still have to be approved by the House, but the House could make changes to the spending bill, such as cutting the Medicare and Medicaid benefits for people with preexisting conditions and giving states greater flexibility to choose Medicaid providers.
This is also the most common scenario.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has said that he’d be open to supporting the AHC as an amended spending bill if Democrats were willing to include language to help people with pre-existing conditions.
3.
The AHCA could be signed into law by President Donald Trump.
President Trump could sign the AH.
It would have to pass through both chambers of Congress and then be signed by the president, which would be easier said than done.
The president has said he’s not sure how he would do this, but he could veto the AH and then sign it into law.
4.
The Supreme Court could block the House and Senate from passing the AH as an AHCA amendment.
The justices are expected to rule in favor of the House’s version of the AHA, which is likely to survive a constitutional challenge from the left.
In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that states can opt out from ObamaCare by making Medicaid cuts and providing other changes to Medicaid.
However, the justices ruled that it’s not clear that the states can simply cut their own Medicaid spending.
5.
The CBO could be wrong on the AH bill’s cost estimates.
There is a chance that the House will eventually pass the bill.
CBO has been predicting that the AH will cost $2.4 trillion over 10 years, and this is a number that Republicans are willing to go along with.
CBO said in 2017 that the legislation would raise premiums by $200 to $300 per family, and that it would increase the number of people without insurance by 27 million.
6.
The Republicans will likely pass the Senate bill without a filibuster.
In 2020, the GOP controlled Senate passed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, which the House has refused to pass.
If the House passes the AH, it would be the first Republican bill to do so.
The bill is currently in a procedural phase and can only pass with a simple majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
7.
The Congressional Budget Office could make a prediction about the AHACA.
If the CBO’s estimate of the bill’s costs is right, the bill will cost between $2 trillion and $4 trillion.
The conservative think tank released a report in October that projected the bill would cost $3 trillion to $5 trillion over the next decade.
8.
The American Health Care Act could be the most expensive health care bill in American history.
Obamacare is one of the worlds most expensive public policies, costing at least $1.8 trillion over ten years.
In 2021, a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Analytics estimates that the bill could cost as much as $1 trillion over 20 years.
If that report is correct, the AH is likely the most costly health care law ever.
9.
The Democratic Party will have the ability to block the AH for the time being.
Democratic lawmakers will be able to block any legislation that attempts to repeal the ACA or expand Medicaid under the reconciliation process, which allows legislation to pass without a simple supermajority in both chambers.
However the bill has to be signed and sent to the president for his signature before it can be passed.