Trump administration is undermining our social insurance programs. Max Richtman tells New Jersey radio audience that the GOP healthcare bill and the Trump budget “combine to harm beneficiaries of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.”
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We already know the AHCA would take health care away for 24 million people. But guess what? There’s so much more.
via CBPP.
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- The Republican healthcare bill
would have gutted Medicaid, weakened Medicare, and allowed insurers to
charge older Americans up to five times as much as young adults, among
other travesties.
The bill slashes $880 billion in federal funding to Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget office, despite President Trump’s campaign promises not to cut the program.
via The Hill.
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We have been keeping track of President Trump and his administration’s actions on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare.
More info on those actions here.
PROMISE BROKEN.
AHCA’s > $800B in reduced Medicaid funding has implications for 6M seniors & 10M nonelderly people w/ disabilities.
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- The bill contains several other poison pills for older Americans. It replaces Obamacare subsidies with meager tax credits which discriminate against older Americans. A $4,000 annual tax credit doesn’t come to close to covering premiums for seniors ages 60-64, meaning millions of older Americans will lose coverage altogether.
- 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.
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.
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- CBO Confirms: GOP Healthcare Bill is a Huge Setback for Older Americans.
- Twenty-three million people will lose health insurance in the next decade under the GOP’s American Health Care Act (AHCA) according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report.
In 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.
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- CBO Confirms: GOP Healthcare Bill is a Huge Setback for Older Americans.
- Seniors who rely on Medicaid will suffer under the American Health Care Act. The CBO report calculates that the AHCA slashes Medicaid spending by $834 billion. Medicaid currently helps pay for long term care for millions of seniors nationwide. The CBO estimates that some 14 million Medicaid recipients would lose coverage under the AHCA – or not be able to attain it in the first place – within the next 10 years.
Trump promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The Republican healthcare plan will cut Medicaid by $880 billion. After Medicaid, what’s next on the chopping block?
PROMISES BROKEN – President’s budget and Trumpcare:
- Targets SSDI.
- Weakens Medicare.
- $800 billion cuts to Medicaid.
JUST UPDATED!
We have been keeping track of President Trump and his administration’s actions on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare.
Click here to view the interactive timeline.
During the election, President Trump promised not to cut Medicare and Medicaid. He has broken that promise over and over with his endorsement of the GOP budget.
Investment in home and community-based care is popular and must be included in #infrastructure. Now it’s up to Congress to get it done. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/elder-care-congress.html #HCBS @nytimes