A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow states to craft their own healthcare reform laws to replace the federal law, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The bill, introduced by Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), would push forward the date states could opt out of the federal reform law to 2014 from 2017, provided states meet minimum coverage benchmarks.
Sen. Wyden said the bill would give states the chance to prove partisan theories on how best to reform the healthcare system. Conservative states could try market-based models and liberal states could introduce a public option, the Post said.
Read the Washington Post report on healthcare reform.
Read more coverage of revising the healthcare reform law:
- Senate Bill Would Let States Opt out of Reform Law Three Years Earlier
- Senate Democrats May Revise Reform Law to Find More Savings
- Incoming House Majority Leader Plans to Keep Parts of Reform Law
The bill, introduced by Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), would push forward the date states could opt out of the federal reform law to 2014 from 2017, provided states meet minimum coverage benchmarks.
Sen. Wyden said the bill would give states the chance to prove partisan theories on how best to reform the healthcare system. Conservative states could try market-based models and liberal states could introduce a public option, the Post said.
Read the Washington Post report on healthcare reform.
Read more coverage of revising the healthcare reform law:
- Senate Bill Would Let States Opt out of Reform Law Three Years Earlier
- Senate Democrats May Revise Reform Law to Find More Savings
- Incoming House Majority Leader Plans to Keep Parts of Reform Law