2017
Background & Methodology: Repeal Bill’s Impact on Deductibles
How Senate repeal bill changes current law Current law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides premium tax credits (PTCs) to certain people with incomes between 100 and 400 p...
View MoreEight Ways to Judge Republican ACA Replacement Plans
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made historic improvements to our nation’s health care system. The law has brought numerous benefits to families, state economies, and employers. The rate of people...
View MoreRepublicans’ ACA Replacement Proposals Fall Short of Providing the Protections and Care People Currently Enjoy Under the Affordable Care Act
Despite public disapproval, congressional Republicans are rushing down a dangerous path that could take health coverage away from 30 million people and raise premiums for millions more. To date, they ...
View MoreFour Reasons the Senate Should Reject the American Health Care Act
In early May, Republicans in the House of Representatives rushed through their repeal bill, called the American Health Care Act (AHCA), without taking the usual step of waiting for the CBO report to...
View MoreSenate Health Care Repeal Bill Filled with Earmarks and Payoffs
Mitch McConnell can’t afford to lose Republican votes if he wants to push through the terrible Senate Republican “Better Care Act,” a massive tax cut for the rich masquerading as a health care p...
View MoreFourth Open Enrollment Numbers Reveal High Demand for Affordable Care Act Coverage
Despite the Trump administration’s attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of consumers signed up for a health insurance plan during open enrollment period that ended January 3...
View MoreThe American Health Care Act Fails America
Republicans in the House of Representatives moved forward this week to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by introducing the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Rather than build on the ACA’s histori...
View MoreMaine’s Ballot Initiative to Expand Medicaid
A critical test of the popularity of the Affordable Care Act will take place in less than two weeks. On Nov. 7, voters in Maine will cast a vote on Question 2, a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid. ...
View MorePer Capita Caps in Medicaid Would Result in Devastating Funding Cuts
Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act—including the American Health Care Act passed by the House—go well beyond repealing the health care law to a wholesale gutting of Medicaid fundin...
View MoreThere’s No Painless Way to End the Medicaid Expansion
Update (6/8/17): Reports that senators are considering a longer phase-down of the Medicaid expansion do not represent a compromise. A phaseout – no matter the exact length -- is the same as ending ...
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