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Huh. Beware Of Republican Senators Touting “Invisible Reinsurance Pools”-

Seriously. I was looking at what’s on TV tonight, saw a story about Sen. Marshall and ACA, so I had to read that instead. It could be amusing; I didn’t watch the video and missed it on the news last night, but I read the story with it. Sen. Marshall is an M.D. Also nuts.

Senator Marshall’s five-part plan aims to cut healthcare costs as ACA subsidies near end

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As Congress considers whether to extend ACA subsidies past the end of the year when they’re set to expire, Senator Roger Marshall offered a plan to lower the cost.

Now, the senator’s five part plan includes trying to stop ACA fraud by requiring ID, and also minimum monthly premium payments. Also, price transparency reform to allow people to shop for medical care.

Marshall also calls to support high risk patients by paying for what he called state run, invisible reinsurance pools.

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Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems

The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an “unlawful action” by giving private info to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

By Daniel Barnes, Dareh Gregorian and Zoë Richards

Attorneys for the Justice Department have agreed to temporarily restrict staffers associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing information in the Treasury Department’s payment system.

The agreement comes after a group of union members and retirees sued the Treasury Department alleging that providing DOGE access to the federal government’s massive payment and collections system — and the personal data housed in it — violated federal privacy laws.

The Trump administration filed a motion Wednesday night seeking to enter a proposed order that detailed the agreed-upon terms.

“The Defendants will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records maintained by or within the Bureau of the Fiscal Service,” the proposed order says.

The order would allow exceptions for two special government employees at the Treasury — Tom Krause and Marko Elez — saying they are permitted access “as needed” to perform their duties, “provided that such access to payment records will be ‘read only.'”

The restricted access would remain in effect pending a subsequent hearing on the lawsuit. The judge still needs to sign off on the proposed order.

The White House and the groups that filed the lawsuit did not immediately respond to requests for comment. (snip)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-agrees-restrict-doge-access-treasury-department-p-rcna190898