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Tweak To Senate Bill Penalizing Consumers For Dropping Insurance Draws Sharp Criticism
The change is aimed at appeasing skittish industry leaders, but patient advocates say Americans could face grave health consequences if they have to wait for a plan to kick in before seeking costly treatments.
‘People Will Die’: The Country Reacts To Proposed GOP Health Plan
As the American Medical Association comes out against the Senate health care bill, The New York Times and other outlets round up reactions on it from across America.
Democrats Light Anti-Trumpcare Fire: ‘The Power Of The People Is Greater Than The People In Power’
Democratic lawmakers are digging in this week against the Senate version of repeal-and-replace legislation, including holding a rally on the steps of Capitol Hill that drew senators and protesters alike.
In Rare Note Of Industry Support, Anthem Lauds Senate Bill’s Efforts To Stabilize Insurance
The legislation, which would pay insurers billions to help keep the health law markets afloat for several years and kill a tax on insurance plans, will “moderate premium increases,” Anthem said in a statement.
Va. Says It Will Lose $1.4B In Senate’s Medicaid Plan; Iowa Nursing Homes Also Raise Alarms
Around the country, Medicaid stakeholders are speaking out about how a reduction in federal funding for Medicaid under the Senate plan would play out in the states.
As GOP Takes Aim At Medicaid, A Growing Chorus Rises To Sing Its Praises
The federal-state program, which covers 70 million low-income Americans, has long been stigmatized as substandard. But it also has grown into a powerhouse program that now provides funding for hospitals, nursing homes and drug treatment, and cutting that back has many people nervous.
Senate Bill Dealt Tough Blow With CBO Score, But Leadership Eyes Side Deals As Possible Path Forward
At least six GOP senators are now opposed to the bill and three have said they would block it on the procedural vote. But Senate leaders were also pleasantly surprised by the amount of savings that can go toward wooing reluctant colleagues.
Trump: CBO ‘Analysis Must Not Be Trusted Blindly’
President Donald Trump blasted the report, citing its projections on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, he’s continuing his efforts to get the Senate bill passed.
CBO Report Paints Grim Picture For Health Bill, Projecting 22 Million More Uninsured By 2026
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also found that average premiums for plans for single individuals would be about 20 percent higher in 2018 than under current law. Media outlets offer a look at what’s in the report.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
CBO Report: An Additional 22 Million Would Lose Insurance By 2026 Under Senate bill
This estimate is slightly lower than the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected for the House-passed American Health Care Act.
Viewpoints: Are Safe Injection Sites Safe?; Thinking About Fake [Health] News
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Editorial and opinion writers examine how the health policies currently being debated will affect people who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act as well as how forces within the health insurance marketplace would be altered by the Republicans’ plan and how vulnerable populations could be impacted.
Different Takes On The Politics Swirling Around The Senate GOP’s Health Plan
Opinion writers offer their thoughts on the high political stakes in play regarding the legislation that the Senate Republican leadership has named The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. But will it be better?
State Perspectives: Counting The Reasons To Oppose Republican Plans For Medicaid
Editorial pages across the country detail how their states and jurisdictions would be hit by the proposed cuts to this program.
The Medicaid Debate: Does The Senate GOP Plan Mean Reform Or Is It Just Plain Mean
Editorial writers take hard-line positions on how the pending GOP repeal-and-replace plans would reduce funding for the low-income health insurance program and change its structure.
Research Roundup: AHCA’s Impact On Medicaid; Hearing Aids In Free Clinics
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Media outlets report on news from Tennessee, California, Massachusetts, Texas, Connecticut, Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Colorado.
For Those With Alzheimer’s, Coping With Other Symptoms Can Be Worse Than Memory Loss
“You don’t die of Alzheimer’s,” Greg O’Brien says. “You die of everything else. But first, you live with it all.” In other public health news: strokes, racial disparity in transplants, managing chronic diseases, toilet-training newborns, obesity and more.
While the problem isn’t new, the pace of reported incidents has certainly picked up — and it’s not clear why.
