Computer graphic illustration about internet shopping in virtual world. CMS has now posted two documents that could shape what the commercial health insurance market looks like if most or all of the current ACA framework stays in place. (Image: Thinkstock)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is asking for ideas that could create a middle way forward on how the U.S. commercial health insurance market works.

Many conservative Republicans in Congress still want to repeal the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) health system framework, and a court ruling on the Texas v. USA case or another court case could help make that happen.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.