Insights Column 10.24.2017
Maine’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…
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Insights Column 10.13.2017
Ending Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Will Wreak Havoc on Families
Yesterday, President Trump and Acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan announced the “immediate” end of payments to fund cost-sharing reductions (CSRs). Coming three weeks before open enrollment, this is the most malicious and harmful attack…
Insights Column 10.12.2017
President Trump’s Executive Order Another Act of ACA Sabotage
President Trump’s Executive Order accomplishes nothing on its own. However, it asks HHS and the Department of Labor to take the Trump Administration’s ACA sabotage campaign to new heights. With less than three weeks…
Insights Column 10.06.2017
Another Hidden ACA Attack in Congress
This blog post originally appeared in The Hill. After a decade of fruitlessly besieging the city of Troy, the Greeks seemed to sail away for home, leaving behind a gift. “What lovely sculpture,” exclaimed the…
Insights Column 10.05.2017
The ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reductions: Protecting Consumers from High Out-of-Pocket Health Costs
The Trump administration announced it will stop making cost sharing reduction payments. Without these payments, a number of insurers have said they will have to leave marketplaces or raise their rates by another 20 percent. In…
Insights Column 09.28.2017
With Graham-Cassidy Withdrawn, What’s Next for Health Care?
At least for the next few months, Congress has shelved its attempts to take health insurance away from tens of millions of people through severe and partisan cuts to the ACA and Medicaid. This…
Insights Column 09.27.2017
Urgent Health Care Business for Congress: CHIP and Community Health Centers
Today’s headlines were about Congress turning its attention to tax reform, but there’s still some critical health care business to take care of. Congress needs to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program…
Insights Column 09.25.2017
The New Version of Graham-Cassidy: Terrible for America’s Families
Update 9/25/17: The new Congressional Budget Office report released late Monday confirms that Graham-Cassidy will take health care from millions of people and take a trillion dollars out of Medicaid. Early on the morning of…
Insights Column 09.19.2017
12 Facts About the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill
Update 9/21: The Senate could vote next week on Graham-Cassidy. Learn what you can do to stop it. The latest Republican repeal and replace plan may be the last, which is why the plan authored by…
Insights Column 09.14.2017
Three Things Congress Must Do Now to Protect Marketplaces and Consumers
Following the failed effort in the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in early September, members on both sides of the aisle came together to find bipartisan solutions to the most pressing challenge facing…