Here’s where things stand on Republicans’ reckless quest to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It’s been a dramatic 24 hours and we’re all bleary-eyed today after tracking the Senate’s activity last night. What’s important… Read more.
07.26.2017 /
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Insights Blog
Most analyses of Senate health care repeal bills have rightly focused on the damage those bills would cause for people’s coverage and care, consumer protections, and state budgets. However, an additional concern is that… Read more.
07.25.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
The latest version of the Senate health bill, as with every version before it, ends the Medicaid expansion funding that has enabled more than 11 million people to get health coverage. Several Republican senators from Medicaid… Read more.
07.21.2017 /
Eliot Fishman,
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Insights Blog
On July 20, CBO scored the Senate’s third version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). The third time is not a charm. This iteration of the Senate bill would still gut the core… Read more.
07.20.2017 /
Insights Blog
Late last night, Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced that he will not hold a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the bill that repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Instead,… Read more.
07.19.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
[Update 7/20] Leader McConnell is still pushing for a vote next week to repeal the ACA and destroy Medicaid, but now the Senate is back focusing on an altered version of BCRA, which received a CBO score… Read more.
07.19.2017 /
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
According to media accounts, Republican senators met with President Donald Trump today to discuss efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The meeting featured Senator Cruz explaining his amendment to the recently-abandoned Senate… Read more.
07.19.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
The Senate health bill ends the Medicaid expansion for adults starting in 2021, leaving 11 million residents across 31 states without health care. The bill allows people with incomes below poverty to buy coverage… Read more.
07.15.2017 /
Eliot Fishman,
Lydia Mitts,
Andrea Callow,
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Insights Blog
A few days ago, we wrote about the Cruz Amendment: “If you create one pool for healthy people and one pool that only covers sick people—those with pre-existing conditions—you are thrusting sick people into a… Read more.
07.14.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
Just as with earlier versions, the latest iteration of the Senate's Affordable Care Act repeal bill would devastate insurance coverage, gut the Medicaid program, and dramatically increase deductibles and out of pocket costs. The… Read more.
07.14.2017 /
Eliot Fishman,
Dee Mahan,
Lydia Mitts,
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Insights Blog
ACA opponents often complain about deductibles in the law’s health insurance marketplaces. But under the Senate health care repeal bill, deductibles would skyrocket for most marketplace enrollees. Our analysis of HHS data shows that,… Read more.
07.12.2017 /
Stan Dorn,
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Insights Blog
Senator Ted Cruz has been openly touting a proposal to amend the Senate’s health bill by allowing health plans to market cheap, narrow-coverage plans—that is, junk health insurance policies—as long as they also separately… Read more.
07.11.2017 /
Eliot Fishman,
Cheryl Fish-Parcham,
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Insights Blog
While states are balancing their budgets and beginning a new fiscal year on July 1, credit rating agencies are warning that the new health care repeal plan could put a dent in future credit… Read more.
06.29.2017 /
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Insights Blog
By now you’ve heard that the Senate will not be voting this week on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), their heartless plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), decimate Medicaid, and kick 22 million… Read more.
06.28.2017 /
Jane Sheehan,
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Insights Blog
Congressional proposals to cut and cap Medicaid will put enormous pressure on states to cut services – and will make it nearly impossible for states that now have gaps in their coverage to ever… Read more.
06.27.2017 /
Cheryl Fish-Parcham,
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Insights Blog
The Senate Republicans finally released their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It is now evident why Senate leadership has attempted to withhold details of this bill from the public. This bill would… Read more.
06.23.2017 /
Caitlin Morris,
Dee Mahan,
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Insights Blog
