HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment

[libertybele]

Now...what was it again about the Cruz amendment that our wonderful GOP Senators didn't like?

HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment

Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs and raise individual enrollment, including those considered "high risk."

The report comes as President Trump attempts to revive talks on a healthcare bill that has failed to garner the support of 50 GOP senators, in part because they fear any change in Obamacare will reduce coverage and raise premiums.

"One way or another, this amendment is going to lower premiums and make people better off," a source close to Cruz told the Washington Examiner.

The Congressional Budget Office, which said a previous version of the Senate healthcare bill would leave 22 million fewer Americans with insurance, has yet to release an analysis of the Cruz amendment, and Republicans had said they may rely on an analysis from Trump's HHS instead.

Cruz, R-Texas, authored an amendment that would allow insurers to sell plans that do not comply with Obamacare mandates if they offer plans that do.......

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hhs-analysis-finds-cruz-amendment-lowers-premiums-boosts-enrollment/article/2629091

[Emjay]

Now...what was it again about the Cruz amendment that our wonderful GOP Senators didn't like?

HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment

Sen. Ted Cruz plans to unveil to Senators at a White House meeting on Wednesday an analysis from the Department of Health and Human Services showing his healthcare Consumer Freedom amendment would lower costs and raise individual enrollment, including those considered "high risk."

The report comes as President Trump attempts to revive talks on a healthcare bill that has failed to garner the support of 50 GOP senators, in part because they fear any change in Obamacare will reduce coverage and raise premiums.

"One way or another, this amendment is going to lower premiums and make people better off," a source close to Cruz told the Washington Examiner.

The Congressional Budget Office, which said a previous version of the Senate healthcare bill would leave 22 million fewer Americans with insurance, has yet to release an analysis of the Cruz amendment, and Republicans had said they may rely on an analysis from Trump's HHS instead.

Cruz, R-Texas, authored an amendment that would allow insurers to sell plans that do not comply with Obamacare mandates if they offer plans that do.......

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hhs-analysis-finds-cruz-amendment-lowers-premiums-boosts-enrollment/article/2629091

So, is it today Cruz is going to reveal the amendment or are they referring to last Wednesday.  I thought he had proposed the amendment last week.