2017

Top 3 Reasons to Reject the American Health Care Act

There are a lot of reasons the American Health Care Act is bad for consumers, but here are our top 3 reasons lawmakers should reject it. New Upton rule does virtually nothing to help the 133 mil...

The MacArthur Amendment to Republicans’ Health Care Bill Will Hurt Millions

Republican congressional leaders are not giving up on repealing the Affordable Care Act. They now are pushing a modified version of its previously failed repeal bill, the American Health Care Act, wit...

Any Version of Repeal Harms Alaska Natives

Any bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cut the Medicaid program would cause immediate and critical problems for American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. Repeal would ta...

Blueprint for Health Care Advocacy: How Community Health Workers Are Driving Health Equity and Value in New Mexico

Across the health care system, there is tremendous interest and momentum in reforming the way health care is delivered and paid for in order to improve health care quality and outcomes and at the same...

Call to Action for Health Equity Leaders

Our nation’s health care system is rapidly transforming, and the health of people of color and other disadvantaged communities hangs in the balance. Moving to a value-based health care system presen...

Republicans Seek to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Poor

On the way to repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republicans have decided to tack on a major restructure of the entire Medicaid program, capping and cutting America's health insurance program fo...

Magic Mitch’s Bag of Health Care Tricks

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...

CBO Shows That Medicaid Cuts Grow Only More Severe Over Time

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has supplemented its report on the impact of the proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) with a new projection of Medicaid cuts from 2027-2036. The analysi...

Seniors’ Premiums Skyrocket under Senate Repeal Bill

In June, the Senate introduced a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act that sharply increases premiums for people who need affordable health care the most and inflicts massive cuts to Medicaid.

Latino Health at Risk: What the American Health Care Act Would Mean

Access to quality health coverage and care is essential to living a healthy life. The Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare), has helped provide coverage to 20 million Americans, including...