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Two swing-state Democrats offer middle ground on health care. – WASHINGTON POST. A pair of swing-state Democrats are offering new legislation that would create Medicare-style options for non-elderly workers, with a heavy focus on rural areas that have few insurers offering coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Trump’s actions on Obamacare “devastating” for millions, particularly older, sicker Americans. – WHBY, GREEN BAY, WI. National Committee CEO Max Richtman says the President ”is more concerned with politics than taking care of people.”
via Your Morning Read.
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Residents of rural areas saw steep declines in uninsured rates under the ACA in many states.
via Kaiser Health News.
How the Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors.
- The ACA provides new ways to help hospitals, doctors and other health care providers coordinate care for beneficiaries so that health care quality is improved and unnecessary spending reduced.
- Improvements made in the ACA to Medicare preventive services and prescription drug coverage have lowered the out-of-pocket costs of millions of seniors.
NEWS RELEASE
The Senate leadership has taken the first dangerous step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. Repeal of the ACA will pull the plug on the 30 million Americans who now depend on it for health care — not to mention the 57 million seniors and disabled who benefit every day from the ACA’s improvements to Medicare.
Read more here.
CBO finds w/out ACA cost-sharing subsidy payments, premiums ↑ 20% - similar to our April study, which found 19% ↑.
via Kaiser Health News.
Related Reading:
- Mr. President, Stop Saying Obamacare Is Imploding (Because It’s Not).
- Obamacare is not “imploding” or in a “death spiral.” Despite recent instability mostly induced by the Trump administration and Congress itself, Obamacare is hardly imploding. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation suggests that Obamacare markets are, in fact, “stabilizing” and “regaining profitability.” The CBO forecasts that the Obamacare system will remain stable for the foreseeable future - if it is not further undermined.
This issue has been added to our Trump timeline.
The GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare received what appeared to be a fatal blow Monday evening when Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced her decision not to support the bill, becoming the crucial third Republican to oppose it.
via NBC News.
We have been keeping an eye on Congress and their decisions during the Graham-Cassidy health care debate.
Read more from the Congressional timeline by clicking here.
Fifty-five percent of Americans now support the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major turnaround from five months ago when 42% approved and 53% disapproved. This is the first time a majority of Americans have approved of the healthcare law, also known as Obamacare, since Gallup first asked about it in this format in November 2012.
via GALLUP.
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GOP to Trump: Stop flip-flopping on Obamacare deal. – POLITICO. The president has alternately praised the plan and dismissed it — confusing lawmakers and slowing momentum for a fix to the health law.
24 senators co-sponsor bipartisan Obamacare deal. – THE HILL. The bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare’s markets has 24 co-sponsors, Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) announced Thursday.
via Your Morning Read.
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via twitter.
Related Reading:
How the Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors.
The ACA provides new ways to help hospitals, doctors and other health care providers coordinate care for beneficiaries so that health care quality is improved and unnecessary spending reduced. Improvements made in the ACA to Medicare preventive services and prescription drug coverage have lowered the out-of-pocket costs of millions of seniors.
What ACA Repeal Means for Seniors.
- No out-of-pocket costs for preventive services like colorectal and mammogram screenings and annual wellness visits
- 50% discount for brand name drugs purchased while in the Part D donut hole, leading to the closure of the donut hole entirely
- $700 in covered drug costs for the average senior would be lost and the sickest seniors would face $3,600 in additional out-of-pocket costs
- Reduction of billions in overpayments to private insurers in Medicare and a new requirement that 85% of every dollar is spent on healthcare rather than costs/profits
- $200 per year in premiums and $200 in out-of-pocket costs to be saved by seniors by the year 2018
- $350 million in fraud-fighting investment
- Medicare Trust Fund will lose years of solvency
via twitter.
Related Reading:
How the Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors.
The ACA provides new ways to help hospitals, doctors and other health care providers coordinate care for beneficiaries so that health care quality is improved and unnecessary spending reduced. Improvements made in the ACA to Medicare preventive services and prescription drug coverage have lowered the out-of-pocket costs of millions of seniors.
Health care will suffer if judge’s ACA rule stands.
Though the Affordable Care Act has so far withstood Trump administration sabotage and two Supreme Court challenges, the health care system goes through unnecessary shocks every time the law is threatened — and everyday people (especially older Americans) must live in constant fear of losing coverage.
via twitter.
Related Reading:
How the Affordable Care Act Helps Seniors.
The ACA provides new ways to help hospitals, doctors and other health care providers coordinate care for beneficiaries so that health care quality is improved and unnecessary spending reduced. Improvements made in the ACA to Medicare preventive services and prescription drug coverage have lowered the out-of-pocket costs of millions of seniors.
What ACA Repeal Means for Seniors.
- No out-of-pocket costs for preventive services like colorectal and mammogram screenings and annual wellness visits
- 50% discount for brand name drugs purchased while in the Part D donut hole, leading to the closure of the donut hole entirely
- $700 in covered drug costs for the average senior would be lost and the sickest seniors would face $3,600 in additional out-of-pocket costs
- Reduction of billions in overpayments to private insurers in Medicare and a new requirement that 85% of every dollar is spent on healthcare rather than costs/profits