The New York Times By: Thomas B. Edsall More than a third of Americans believe that Medicaid is akin to welfare, with the implicit subtext that racial and ethnic minorities are the principal beneficiaries. If that’s what they think, they’re dead wrong. … Along similar lines, Medicaid provides benefits to significantly higher percentages of children […]
ABC News By: Meredith Hoffman Stacey English has modest desires for her 7-year-old daughter Addison: Be able to eat without gagging and move both her arms. … The Texas cuts are separate from Republican proposals now before Congress, which academics say could cut federal Medicaid spending as part of a law to replace the Affordable […]
FactCheck.org By: Lori Robertson and Brooks Jackson Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey made the questionable claim that under the Senate bill “no one loses coverage” gained under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. The bill would reduce federal funding to expansion states, leading some states to restrict eligibility, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. … Kelly […]
PolitiFact By: Joshua Gillin Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said all the media coverage that declares the Republican health care bills would cut Medicaid is wrong, because he claimed the program actually gets a significant boost over the years. … “There are two reasons Medicaid costs go up: More people are being served and the […]
AMA Wire By: David Barbe A lot of big numbers have been tossed around in the days since Senate leaders unveiled a “discussion draft” of legislation—dubbed the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA)—that would dramatically reshape how our country’s health system is financed. … 37 million is another number that comes to mind. That […]
Atlanta Black Star By: Cecilia Smith For several years, the GOP has rallied around a common goal, namely, stripping health care from millions of citizens. Now, it looks as if they may be closer to success, with Senate Republicans unveiling a bill that will effectively chip away at the Affordable Care Act. … “This is […]
