Dem Lobbyist Notes GOP's Bill Borrows Key Parts Of ACA; Hatch Says Pieces Offer Path Forward

Dem Lobbyist Notes GOP's Bill Borrows Key Parts Of ACA; Hatch Says Pieces Offer Path Forward-insidehealthpolicy: As key Democrats and patient advocates blast the GOP's Obamacare alternative, a Democratic lobbyist and former Senate staffer who helped craft the health law says the Republican plan is so much like the ACA that Congress' time would be better spent figuring out substantive ways to improve the system rather than repealing and replacing it with similar policies. The sponsors of the GOP bill introduced Wednesday (Feb. 4) also signaled ideas from the measure could be adapted to provide a path forward should the Supreme Court rule that subsidies aren't available in federally facilitated exchanges.