GOP to Roll Back Medicaid Expansion Early?

A senior Medicaid official broke with his own department Wednesday and came out publicly against the GOP’s bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

“We are bringing Medicaid in line with other health insurance plans and encouraging beneficiaries to sign up when they are eligible, not just when they are sick”, the aide said. It said the bill is likely to increase the number of uninsured Americans, adding, “We ask Congress to protect our patients”.

Upton, Bishop and Walberg all voted for this plan that will disproportionately harm Republican voters and weaken Medicare for future and current retirees, reminding voters that their real constituency is the richest.01 percent who will get a tax break of 5,000 a year.

Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican who represents northwest Louisiana, said he’s following the legislation and is “actively discussing and researching possible amendments and alternatives with my colleagues”. And praying is about the only recourse they’ll have, if Republicans have their way.

The fundamental question – and the biggest difference between Ryan’s plan and Obama’s – is: How do we bridge the gap between health insurance plans on the private market that are utterly unaffordable (around $18,000 a year) for many families, and the government-run safety net of Medicaid for the very poorest among us? They used data from the National Health Interview Survey and compared results from the expansion and non-expansion states. Republican moderates worry about Medicaid changes that could cost states lost financing.

The bill is expected to face more opposition in the Senate, with Trump administration ally Sen. The Republican Study Committee, for instance, wants to end the Medicaid expansion for new enrollees in 2018, as opposed to 2020.

Edwards embraced the expansion program when he took office past year.

“For example, Medicaid health plans are at the forefront of providing coverage for and access to behavioral health services and treatment for opioid use disorders, and insufficient funding could jeopardize the progress being made on these important public health fronts”. That’s why Los Angeles County, among other places, are trying to lower costs over the long term by addressing the root causes of poor health and changing the way care is delivered.

The expansion of Medicaid benefits more than 700,000 Ohioans and, as noted last week, many live in GOP-held central- and southern OH congressional districts, such as Bill Johnson’s 6th District, Steve Stivers’s 15th and Brad Westrup’s 2nd (districts that include most of Ohio’s Appalachian counties) and Mike Turner’s Dayton-area 10th District. “Get it right, don’t get it fast”.