Politico Pro By: Dan Diamond It’s expected as soon as today, and it’s going to predict a big coverage decline. And that will throw another headwind in front of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as he attempts to win over still-uncommitted Republican senators ahead of a planned Thursday vote. … How rural America depends on […]
PolitiFact By: Joshua Gillin Proposed changes to Medicaid shouldn’t worry people currently using the health care program for the very poor, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said, because their coverage will continue. … Joan Alker, a public policy professor and executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said that even […]
Vox By: Dylan Matthews The Better Care Reconciliation Act, Senate Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, would if passed lead to one of the largest redistributions of income in American history, just as Obamacare itself did. … Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University, estimates that those eight states alone could lead to […]
Huffington Post The head of the National Rural Health Association said the organization will oppose the Senate’s healthcare bill because the legislation will hurt rural America. … Among these are deep cuts in Medicaid spending and an end to Medicaid expansion. About 45 percent of rural children use Medicaid, compared with 38 percent in metropolitan […]
Time By: Alicia Adamczyk, Elizabeth O’Brien The Senate on Thursday finally unveiled draft language for the Better Care Reconciliation Act, its replacement for the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Like its predecessor, the House’s American Health Care Act, the proposal would jeopardize coverage for lower-income and middle-class Americans in order to deliver big tax breaks for […]
Politico By: Christine Sexton The partisan divide in Congress over health care policy predictably rippled through the ranks of Florida lawmakers on Thursday after the Senate finally unveiled its long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. … Joan Alker, executive director of the Center for Children and Families and Research Professor at […]
