Gov. Charlie Baker, in a significant moment for the moderate Republican on the national stage, will testify Thursday before senators in Washington where, based on his written testimony, he plans to admonish the tenor of the debate over health care and urge a minimum two-year extension of premium cost sharing reduction payments worth millions of dollars to health insurers and residents in Massachusetts.
In the midst of a health care showdown with lawmakers at home, Gov. Charlie Baker again weighed in on federal health policy, joining nine of his colleagues on a letter to U.S. Senate leaders asking them to work with governors from both parties to find insurance reforms instead of passing a House-backed health care bill or repealing elements of the Affordable Care Act.
Defending the state’s success in reaching near universal health insurance coverage, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he hopes any Republican plan to replace Obamacare protects the gains made in Massachusetts over the past decade.
