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 Column
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 Column
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 Column
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 Column
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 Column