Study shows how TrumpCare destroys both the ACA and Medicaid with decreased funds, decreased care
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The Kaiser Family Foundation has provided an estimate of funding changes under the latest attempt at TrumpCare under the Republican Graham–Cassidy Bill. Their numbers confirm how this bill hurts everyone, with overall drop of $107 billion less made availablStudy shows how TrumpCare destroys both the ACA and Medicaid with decreased funds, decreased care
The Kaiser Family Foundation has provided an estimate of funding changes under the latest attempt at TrumpCare under the Republican Graham–Cassidy Bill. Their numbers confirm how this bill hurts everyone, with overall drop of $107 billion less made available through the Republican “block grants” than is now provided through the ACA. But even that doesn’t capture the way this is really being used as a carrot to red states and a big stick to blue states. There would be a significant redistribution in federal funding across states under the block grant. Overall expansion states would lose $180 billion for ACA coverage and non-expansion states would gain $73 billion over the 2020-2026 period. A typical Medicaid expansion state would see an 11% reduction in federal funds for coverage compared to an increase of 12% in a typical non-expansion state. States that attempted to do the right thing will be punished. States that deliberately denied help to their own people will be rewarded. But that’s not all. A third of the drop in federal funds comes from putting a cap on Medicaid payments. Those caps get more damaging over time, and they don’t just affect extended Medicaid. Almost all states face a potential loss of federal funds for their traditional Medicaid programs under the per enrollee cap; thus, the per enrollee cap offsets some or all of the gains some states may realize under the block grant and further cuts federal spending in states that may see a loss under the block grant. Republicans can sell the idea that in the short term they stole money from Nancy Pelosi and Bill de Blasio to shower on their home state. But the truth is they’re robbing from everyone—including the poor in their own state. BAD NEWS: Zombie Trumpcare is back. GOOD NEWS? If we stop (or delay this) past September 30, we win. Call your senators at (202) 224-3121 and tell them YOU ARE WATCHING! (After you call, please tell us how it went.) Read more