2017
Latest Senate Bill Still Strips Coverage and Drives Up Costs for Millions More
Just as with the first two versions of the Senate health bill, the latest version would devastate insurance coverage, gut the Medicaid program and dramatically increase deductibles and out of pocket c...
View MoreSenate Votes to Begin Debating Affordable Care Act Repeal
Today, all but two Senate Republicans voted yes on the “motion to proceed” which formally begins the debate on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It is not clear which legislation the ...
View MoreBuilding on the ACA: A Legislative Agenda to Protect and Strengthen the Marketplace
Despite ongoing attempts to undermine and repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), independent industry analysts have consistently reaffirmed that the individual market under the law was continuing to st...
View MoreGraham-Cassidy Proposal: Gigantic Block Grants and Huge Health Care Cuts
Update 9/21: View our explainer on Graham-Cassidy. Senators Graham (R-SC) and Cassidy (R-LA) have proposed a gigantic new block grant that would dramatically cut funding both for Medicaid expansion ...
View MoreThe Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a vital part of our nation’s health care system, specifically designed to provide coverage for children of families with low-to-modest incomes. Me...
View MoreTax Cuts Now Mean Health Care Cuts Later
Even without the devastating health care cuts in the current tax plan, the tax reform package will lead to massive health care cuts later. As this infographic shows, a tax bill that explodes the def...
View MoreThe Avalere Study of the Impact of Murray-Alexander and Collins-Nelson Bills on Insurance Premiums: What It Says and Does Not Say
On Wednesday, December 6, the health policy research firm Avalere released a study entitled Funding Reinsurance and Cost-Sharing Reductions Would Lower Individual Market Premiums and Increase Enrollm...
View MoreWhy States Should Offer Extensive Oral Health Benefits to Adults Covered by Medicaid
Millions of adults lack coverage for oral health care and cannot afford to pay for needed care on their own. States can make a difference by covering extensive oral health benefits in their Medicaid p...
View MoreUsing Hospital Community Benefits to Improve Access to Oral Health Care
As part of their tax obligation to provide benefits to the community beyond hospital care, nonprofit hospitals can fund oral health initiatives such as community dental clinics, mobile dental services...
View MoreHow the Tax Bill Will Force States to Cut Medicaid: 50-State Data
The House and Senate tax plans propose reducing or eliminating taxpayers’ ability to deduct state and local taxes, including property and sales taxes, on their federal tax returns. This may sound li...
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