US EditionThe Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
- Congressional Republicans are seeking to trim several trillion dollars in federal spending, potentially impacting Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program which cover about 80 million Americans.
- This effort to trim federal spending aims to offset the $4.5 trillion cost of extending tax cuts enacted during President Donald Trump's first term.
- Organizations like the Federation of American Hospitals are fighting to defend Medicaid, with CEO Chip Kahn warning that slicing hundreds of billions of dollars from federal funding will force states to cut care or raise taxes.
- In contrast to past efforts to defend the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, the AMA has not sent a letter opposing Medicaid cuts this year, and the AHCA issued its first public defense of Medicaid only after the House Republicans adopted a budget resolution threatening its funding.
- Numerous groups, including over 400 pediatricians and 750 members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, have traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress about the importance of Medicaid and to warn of dire consequences if cuts are enacted, echoing concerns raised in a March 17, 2017, letter.
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Senior safeguards move ahead
HARRISBURG — The House Aging and Older Adult Services committee advanced two bills safeguarding Pennsylvania seniors to the House floor.
North Carolina's ACA anniversary marred by Medicaid cut concerns for 640,000 residents
The 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act is celebrated with concern in North Carolina. Potential federal budget cuts threaten Medicaid access for more than 640,000 people.
The Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
The GOP's proposed Medicaid cuts and Trump's unilaterally slashing funding for ACA navigators are the next steps in dismantling the Affordable Care Act, which has successfully reduced the country's uninsured rate to 8.2 percent from 15 percent in 2013 before its implementation.
New law alters Medicaid Expansion program
In this Jan. 3, 2019 file photo, Idaho Gov.-elect Brad Little answers a reporter's question at the State Capitol building in Boise, Idaho. (Otto Kitsinger / AP)Last Wednesday, Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 345 into law in a private ceremony at the Statehouse.The new law makes sweeping changes to Idaho's voter-approved Medicaid Expansion, and it would also have an effect on the rest of the Medicaid program in the Gem State.We wanted to break…
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