Conservative advocacy groups are hoping to reprise a rare Obamacare policy victory they scored during last year’s spending negotiations — curbing the government’s ability to pay for insurers’ losses. The request could create a potential flashpoint in December’s government funding talks.
In a letter to be sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Tuesday, Heritage Action’s Michael A. Needham, Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, and a number of representatives from other conservative organizations are urging lawmakers to include language that would require the Affordable Care Act’s “risk corridors” to remain budget-neutral for fiscal year 2016. A similar provision was included in the spending bill for fiscal 2015.
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