Relieved Republicans have pushed their prized health care bill through the House. The mostly party-line 217-213 vote advances a bill that addresses their longtime pledge to erase the 2010 Obama health care law. 6th District Republican congressman Glenn Grothman voted in favor. Grothman says people with pre-existing conditions will have health insurance available to them. “Insurance companies will be obligated to offer insurance to people with pre-existing conditions. I am not worried about that, we have taken care of that problem,” Grothman told AM 1170s Between the Lines program. Grothman says he believes insurance premiums will go down under the Republican plan. Democrats said the bill would kick millions off coverage. They predicted Republicans would pay the price in next year’s elections. It would ease that statute’s insurance coverage requirements, cut Medicaid and erase taxes the law imposes on higher-earning people and health industry companies. The bill now goes to the senate where changes are expected.
