You can call it the Affordable Care Act 2.0 as the new legislation, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ehancement Act, is aimed at providing financial relief for residents by lowering the costs of health care and prescription drugs.
In the first few months of President Donald Trump's administration, Republican lawmakers across the country have been implored by their constituents to meet with the public, and Rep. Leonard Lance is no different.
How will a replacement for the Affordable Care Act re-appear - rising brilliantly from the ashes like a phoenix, or climbing off the operating table like Frankenstein's monster, wreaking panic on the villagers? Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3) is staking a great deal of his political capital on the former, not the latter.
Votes in Congress on replacing the Affordable Care Act are imminent. A report says the plan could cost a half-million New Jerseyans health coverage by 2020.
The repeal of the Affordable Care Act, if it happens, will take months to enact and years to roll out. But it's already influencing the coming year's budget.
A report says 1.1 million New Jerseyans would lose benefits and $4B in federal funds would be lost if the Affordable Care Act is repealed without replacement.