Media Coverage
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GOP Health Plan Aims To Curb Medicaid, Expand State Options
Kaiser Health News By: Phil Galewitz The Republican party’s proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act intends to decrease expansion of Medicaid by decreasing federal funding, which could leave thousands of Americans without health care coverage. Not only that, but it could also diminish benefits for those who will be able to afford the new…
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Proposed Medicaid Changes May Complicate KanCare Expansion Effort
The Kansas City Star By: Hunter Woodall and Lindsay Wise The American Health Care Act proposed by the Republican party to replace the Affordable Care Act intends to stop Medicaid expansion. However, it has had difficulty finding support, even within the Republican party. As Adam Searing, research professor at Georgetown University’s CCF, they plan to…
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The Silent Victims of the GOP Health-Care Proposal
The Atlantic By: Adrienne Lafrance The Affordable Care Act managed to provide insurance to more than 95% of America’s children nationwide, thanks to its programs such as Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program. However, the American Health Care Act proposed by the Republican party to replace the Affordable Care Act will eliminate this progress, since…
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Pence Campaigns For GOP Health Bill In Florida
Bradenton Herald By: Jason Dearen President Trump mentioned that the American Health Care Act will provide Americans the opportunity to purchase health care coverage across state, in a similar way to buying a car insurance or a life insurance. However, this American Health Care Act will remove almost everything that was achieved by the Affordable…
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Advocates Warn Rolling Back Medicaid Could Hurt Children And People With Disabilities
Watertown Daily Times By: Jen Jackson Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, only 2% of New York state’s children are still uninsured. Therefore, the Children’s Defense Fund New York reported the severe effects that the American Health Care Act can have on New York state’s children and their health care insurance, such as leaving thousands of children…
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What Does it Mean that Half of California Kids Are on Medicaid?
MedPage Today By: Cheryl Clark California has improved its healthcare insurance coverage, especially when it comes to children – since 5.18 million residents are under 19 years old. Joan Alker mentioned that even though this is true, they still have a lot of work to do – as do many other states. … California does “a…
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Putting the Republicans’ Health Plan on the Obamacare Scale
The New York Times By: Robert Pear The Republicans have found a way to replace the Affordable Care Act, but the plan they have proposed still has many questions to be answered. Joan Alker, from CCF, mentioned that the plan would play out differently per state. … “It’s clear that the rug will be pulled…
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Sen. Price: Loss Of Billions In Funding Won’t Harm Medicaid Program
Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson HHS Secretary, Tom Price, mentioned that states must have less flexibility in regards to their Medicaid program. Therefore, the new American Health Care Act proposed by the House Republicans suggests an $880 billion reduction on Medicaid funds between 2017 and 2026. … Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University disagrees…
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How the AHCA Will Gut Medicaid and Devastate the Poor
Paste By: Eric Shapiro The plan proposed by House Republicans to replace Obamacare, American Health Care Act, intends to cut the funding that was used to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. However, Medicaid will not eradicate as easily as expected by the Republicans. … Joan Alker, the executive director of the Center for…
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We Just Got Our First Glimpse Of How Catastrophic Trumpcare Would Be For The Most Powerless Americans
Fusion By: Katie McDonough House Republicans released their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Paul Ryan mentioned that the plan is all about “giving people more choices and better access to a plan they want and can afford.” However, they will be spending less money, which will probably mean that less people will have…
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How The GOP Plan To Change Medicaid Punishes The Working Poor
Vox By: Julia Belluz and Alvin Chang The American Health Care Act, bill proposed by House Republicans, intends to replace the Affordable Care Act, but instead of increasing the number of Americans insured, it will decrease it – as it will take federal funds away as of 2020. … Special thanks to Medicaid researchers Joan Alker and Benjamin…
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Mick Mulvaney’s Misleading Claim That House GOP Health Care Plan Keeps Medicaid Expansion
PolitiFact By: Lauren Carroll Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than 10 million Americans have received health care insurance coverage. However, if the Congress repeals this act, and replaces it with the House Republicans plan, about 14 million people will be left without health care insurance coverage by 2026. … “States don’t have the…
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Cuomo: 1 Million New Yorkers Would Lose Coverage Under GOP Health Plan
Click Lancashire Independent News By: Olive Rios The House Republican plan proposed to replace the Affordable Care Act has been released, and it aspires to eliminate the current subsidies that have been used to decrease the cost of premiums in health care coverage. Basically, it plans to reverse Obamacare’s expansion of healthcare insurance, and it…
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A Field Guide To Medicare And Medicaid, And How They Could Change
NPR Boston Meghna Chakrabarti interviewed Joan Alker, to discuss the new plan proposed by the House Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act. The new plan could leave about 24 million Americans without health care coverage. Joan Alker mentioned that some of the most important facts are that 40% of the children nationwide are under…
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Northwest Indiana Residents Run Into Problems With HIP 2.0
Northwest Indiana Times By: Giles Bruce A woman, Emily Kowalski, was pregnant, and had to switch her Healthy Indiana Plan to maternity plan, but she had a miscarriage, and got moved back without her knowledge to HIP Basic. Overall, it was a terrible experience for her, but now, the House Republicans are aiming to continue…
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Dr. Shetal Shah and Dr. Heather Brumberg: Two Pediatricians Look At Medicaid “Reform”
Tulsa World By: Dr. Shetal Shah and Dr. Heather Brumberg House Republican Speaker, Paul Ryan, released the proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, by converting it into a a block grant system that will limit states on their federal budget spending. The pediatricians who wrote this article feel that this new proposal is ignoring…
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The Republican Plan To Slash Medicaid, Explained
Vox By: Dylan Matthews The American Health Act, bill proposed by the House Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act, will possibly leave about 6 million low-income Americans without health insurance, as they received the health care coverage benefits under the Medicaid expansion in their respective states. … Joan Alker, a Medicaid expert at Georgetown University,…
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Republican Health Plan Advances Amid Questions On Impact, Cost
Atlanta Journal Constitution By: Misty Williams and Craig Schneider Since the House Republicans released their proposed plan, American Health Care Act, to replace the Affordable Care Act, Georgia’s low-income older population could lose their health care coverage. However, the American Health Care Act still needs to be approved by Democrats, health care providers and lawmakers,…
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Three Paragraphs In The GOP’s Medicaid Plan That Could Raise Costs For The Poor
STAT News By: Dylan Scott The bill proposed by the House Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act will stop the services and opportunities Medicaid has provided for the low-income population. Tricia Brooks, from CCF, mentioned that there are still many Americans that do not know they are eligible for Medicaid until they face a…
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Will The Republican Health Plan Make You Richer Or Poorer?
Deseret News By: Jennifer Graham The new bill proposed by House Republicans, the American Health Care Act, is intended to replace the Affordable Care Act by mainly changing the funding of health coverage for the low-income population. … Medicaid, which covers one in five Americans, is administered by the states, with funding from the federal…