Guess who the GOP has exempted from its Obamacare replacement bill?
GOP to kill language exempting staff from new ObamaCare repeal bill.
Congressional exemption from GOP healthcare plan to be addressed separately.
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#republicans #politics #health care #health #paul ryan #trumpcare #donald trump #trump #aca #affordable care act #congress #GOP #healthcare #AHCA #seniorsIn general, the older and poorer you are, the higher your premiums would be under the American Health Care Act compared with current law.
via VOX.
The National Committee strongly condemns the American Health Care Act (AHCA) just passed by the House, which needlessly puts the healthcare of millions of older Americans in jeopardy. “Despite the bill’s name, risking the health of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens to give the wealthy an $880 billion tax cut is tremendously uncaring — and does not reflect real American values,” says Max Richtman.
The bill cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid by converting it into a block grant program or imposing per capita caps, which will make it harder for impoverished seniors to access long term skilled nursing care and community or home care. Overall, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that 14 million people will be kicked off the Medicaid rolls in the next 10 years if this bill becomes law.
These are President Trump’s most recent pronouncements
about the GOP’s American Health Care Act (AHCA). Let’s hope for the
sake of our nation’s seniors (and all Americans) that the President’s
statements are wildly optimistic. The White House is pressuring
Congress to vote on the AHCA next week – lest the first 100 days of
Trump’s presidency expire without a single major legislative victory. Never mind that the healthcare of 24 million Americans hangs in the
balance.
via Entitled to Know.
The House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) would make a number of changes to current law that would result in a 5.1 million increase in the number of uninsured 50-64-year-olds in 2026, according to CBO’s updated analysis.
CBO Confirms: GOP Healthcare Bill is a Huge Setback for Older Americans.
The new USCBO score estimates $834B fewer dollars & 14M fewer people in Medicaid under the House’s American Health Care Act.
via Kaiser Health News.
We already know the AHCA would take health care away for 24 million people. But guess what? There’s so much more.
via CBPP.
When the House passed its American Health Care Act (AHCA) last month, conventional wisdom said it was doomed in the Senate. Moderate Republican Senators would never go along with the more harmful provisions of the House bill – or so the narrative went. It appears those predictions were off base. If the latest reporting from Capitol Hill is accurate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has put the Republican healthcare plan on a fast-track for passage in July.
NEW Poll: Public views the ACA more favorably than House plan to replace it.
That is not a surprise to us.
The harshness of the Senate health bill summed up in one chart. Nothing “moderate” here.
via CBPP.
Trump Budget Cuts Medicaid Even More Than House Health Bill, Showing Danger of Per Capita Cap:
President Trump’s budget not only assumes the huge Medicaid cuts in the House Republican bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but dramatically enlarges them. That House bill — the American Health Care Act (AHCA) — would cut federal Medicaid spending by $839 billion over ten years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates, by effectively ending the ACA’s Medicaid expansion and converting virtually all of Medicaid to a per capita cap or block grant.
That would mean 14 million fewer low-income people enrolled in Medicaid by 2026. The Trump budget would go further, cutting Medicaid by as much as $1.3 trillion over the next decade, we estimate.
via CBPP.
