While Republican efforts to effectively repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through the budget reconciliation process have garnered attention, Congress’s recent passage of a bipartisan bill making targeted changes to the law has received less fanfare. On October 7, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act, a measure that maintains the current definition of small group health plans. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) sponsored the Senate version of the bill (S. 1099), with Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introducing the House version (H.R. 1624). Although narrow in nature, the PACE Act is on the short list of ACA amendments approved by both Congress and the President.
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