Texas has not expanded Medicaid under the ACA. And they also have the most stringent eligibility guidelines in the country for non-disabled adults. As a result, Texas has the biggest coverage gap in the country, with more than a million residents ineligible for Medicaid and also ineligible for premium subsidies to offset the cost of private coverage in the exchange.
Census Data News: More Americans have health insurance than ever before, hitting historic low in 2016.
Newly back from summer recess, Senators are taking two divergent paths on healthcare after the Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For Americans who rely on the ACA for health insurance, one path is encouraging; the other, fraught with peril.
On the encouraging side, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee are working on a bi-partisan plan to stabilize the ACA insurance markets, recognizing that the healthcare of millions of Americans hangs in the balance. In fact, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) are up against a hard deadline. Insurers need to know the level of federal support for the ACA marketplaces before they set premiums for 2018 at the end of September.
The Affordable Care Act’s chief aim is to extend coverage to people without health insurance. One of the 2010 law’s primary means to achieve that goal is expanding Medicaid eligibility to more people near the poverty level. But a crucial court ruling in 2012 granted states the power to reject the Medicaid expansion.
via Huffington Post.
The House Republican budget would destroy the current Medicaid program and slash benefits for low-income individuals. It calls for making major cuts to Medicaid funding and repealing the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These changes would be detrimental to seniors and others who rely on Medicaid.
The House Republican budget would destroy the current Medicaid program and slash benefits for low-income individuals. It calls for making major cuts to Medicaid funding and repealing the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These changes would be detrimental to seniors and others who rely on Medicaid.
Nearly Nine Out of Ten Americans Now Have Health Insurance Thanks to the Affordable Care Act
Some more big health care news is out today that continues to prove that the Affordable Care Act is working. And while some conservatives continue their efforts to dismantle it, others are finally putting people over politics.
via Talking Points Memo.
via twitter.
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As discussion about repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unfolds, questions emerge about how a repeal may affect Medicaid. The specific effects would depend on many factors that are currently unknown, including whether there is a replacement for the ACA, what happens to federal Medicaid expansion funding, and whether broader changes to the underlying financing structure of the Medicaid program are made.
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Medicaid’s ability to cover older Americans at a time of their lives when chronic conditions and other health issues typically emerge took a big leap forward with passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
More than 60% of working-age Americans who signed up for Medicaid or a private health plan through the Affordable Care Act are getting healthcare they couldn’t previously get, a new nationwide survey indicates.
via Los Angeles Times.
