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What Repealing Obamacare Means For Health Insurers

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol, Dec. 12, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol, Dec. 12, 2016 in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

The Republicans are committed to repealing the Affordable Care Act. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the Senate will vote in early January to repeal the law, and then it will figure out what to replace it with.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Ceci Connolly (@CeciConnolly), CEO of Alliance of Community Health Plans, about what eliminating Obamacare — which insures about 20 million people — means for the health insurance industry.

This segment aired on December 14, 2016.

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