Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Different Takes: On-The-Ground Views Of The GOP Health Plan
Grant County, Nebraska is one of the most pro-Trump places in America. In this rural community of about 700, the President won over 93 percent of the vote in the last election. But Grant County is also a place that has benefited hugely from the Affordable Care Act. In 2016, the law provided more than a quarter of its residents with tax credits to help them purchase health insurance. (Jeff Guo, 3/13)
For as many as 24 million Americans whose health care coverage already is聽on life support, the Republican plan would pull the plug.This is according to the nonpartisan聽Congressional Budget Office. These are the numbers-crunchers聽whose job it is to take the politics out of a debate and let us know what a piece of legislation will cost. Good or bad. The projections with the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act聽projects that 14 million people will lose coverage by 2018 and聽24 million would lose coverage by 2026. (EJ Montini, 3/13)
Just in time for the 2018 elections, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has come up with its estimate of the impact of the Republicans鈥 replacement for Obamacare, the American Health Care Act... That鈥檚 going to leave a mark. Especially in Arizona, where nearly 400,000 adults and another 73,000 children now enjoy health care coverage as a result of Medicaid expansion. Where the hospital industry is now thriving, thanks to fewer uninsured people flocking to emergency rooms. (Laurie Roberts, 3/13)
From the right, center聽and left, reaction to the proposed legislation from health care experts has been swift聽and consistent: This is not the health care reform we were looking for. Instead, the proposal put forth by the commander-in-chief and his enabler-in-chief, Mr. Ryan, amounts to little more than a massive series of tax giveaways to those at the top and the health insurance industry, thinly disguised as 鈥渉ealth care reform.鈥 (John Grabel, 3/13)
Republicans House leaders, who went so far as to hide drafts of their misbegotten plan from their own colleagues, sprung it on the public last week 鈥 after almost eight years of scorching the Earth in their quest to scuttle Obamacare and seeming incapable of coming up with a better plan. (3/13)
