Last week, the House took the first step to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by passing a bill titled “The American Health Care Act” (AHCA). On May 4, 2017, after numerous fits and starts over the past several weeks, negotiations and several amendments, Republicans narrowly passed an amended version of the bill by a vote of 217-213. -

In the attached summary, Akin Gump examines the key policy changes that result from the AHCA and the bill’s impact on various health industry stakeholders. A key issue with the AHCA is that the impact of the House-passed version on health coverage and the federal budget remains uncertain, as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has yet to complete its analysis of the legislation. The Akin Gump team identifies three key categories of the AHCA’s reforms...