The GOP proposal, called the Federal Invisible Risk Sharing Program, would give health insurers $15 billion over a decade to subsidize the care of high-cost patients, helping lower premiums for everyone.
Anthems management said that in order to participate in the ACA, the company needs to see changes beyond a slate of fixes proposed by the Trump administration in February.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price will play a crucial role in the success or failure of the ACA in 2017, while other Republicans have sent mixed signals about their intentions for Obamacare.
House Speaker Paul Ryan and his GOP lieutenants can afford to lose no more than 21 votes in the chamber, presuming all Democrats vote against the bill.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the health bill as soon as Thursday -- the seven-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Acts signing by Barack Obama. Yet its not clear that there are enough votes to pass the bill.
The administration doesnt provide details on where exactly the cuts would come from, citing 'consolidations and structural changes' as well as cutting administrative costs and a 'rebalance' of government funding for research.
Health insurer Anthem Inc. sought changes to the Republican replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act when its chief executive officer talked with President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
After the CBO report estimated 24 million Americans would lose insurance, several groups and thought leaders continued to voice their disapproval of the GOP Affordable Care Act replacement proposal.