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Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) complain about high deductibles, but the Senate health care repeal bill would dramatically increase deductibles, rather than lower them. In Alaska, 10,110 consumers in the state’s marketplace—nearly…
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) complain about high deductibles, but the Senate health care repeal bill would dramatically increase deductibles, rather than lower them. In Arizona, 106,189 consumers in the state’s marketplace—…
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,…
[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…
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…
Families USA has teamed up with The Actors Fund to produce and distribute a series of videos featuring real Medicaid stories from real people. Hosted by actor BD Wong, the videos demonstrate the effect that the…
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…
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…
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…
As Senators craft their Affordable Care Act repeal bill, they should remember that there are large economic and employment consequences to cutting and restructuring the nation’s health care system. The recently-released bill would cut funding…