Rep. Arrington to Newsmax: GOP Backs Healthcare Plan Redirecting Funds to Consumers

Republicans are unified behind a healthcare reform strategy that redirects power — and money — away from insurance companies and back to American families, House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Wednesday.

Arrington told “Wake Up America” that the core failure of the Affordable Care Act is its dependence on heavy federal intervention, which he says has made healthcare more expensive and less responsive to patients.

At the center of the GOP’s proposal, championed by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is a shift away from routing federal dollars through insurers and brokers.

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