Budget chairman backs conservative changes to Obamacare replacement

Published March 9, 2017 6:39pm ET



The Republican who will preside over the final assembly of a bill replacing Obamacare is backing two major changes that conservatives are pushing for.

Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black supports amendments to halt the healthcare law’s extra federal Medicaid payments two years sooner — next year instead of 2020 — and impose work requirements for childless, able-bodied Medicaid enrollees, a source close to her said.

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