Story highlights GOP is looking to resuscitate health care reform with a new amendment

The proposal would provide states the option to gut certain Obamacare reforms

Washington (CNN) The conservative House Freedom Caucus said Wednesday it is supporting a plan aimed at bridging the internal Republican Party divide between moderates and conservatives on health care reform.

The proposal would give states the chance to apply for waivers that could gut several core Obamacare insurance reforms that protect consumers with pre-existing conditions, including requiring insurers are required to cover certain benefits and remove the ban on allowing carriers to charge more based on a person's health history.

The Freedom Caucus backing could remove a major obstacle to passing a bill that repeals much of the Affordable Care Act, giving House Republicans and President Donald Trump a major victory that has escaped them over the past two months. But there is no guarantee GOP moderates will go along and the bill faces an uphill climb in the Senate.

The amendment unveiled Tuesday was negotiated between Rep. Tom MacArthur, a New Jersey moderate, and conservative House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows of North Carolina.

The Freedom Caucus made public its support of the proposal in a statement Wednesday.

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