Most with ACA coverage are satisfied

This would seem to bode well for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, but there is also concern that insurance premiums for this year will increase dramatically. With the 2017 enrollment into the health insurance commencing just a few days prior to the general elections, people will be charged new premium amounts during the enrollment process.

To help frame the issue, the RWJF report looked at future healthcare coverage and costs both with and without the ACA in place. The state average is 9 percent, Baker said. She criticized the Medicare-for-all plan of her primary rival Vermont Sen. Some requests have been in the 50% or 60% range. Bernie Sanders because she said it could never get through Congress and would undo positive work from the ACA. Assumptions have been circulating among analysts over a rise in premium owing to increase in healthcare costs and the termination of risk corridor programs, which provided assistance to insurers in handling the anonymity of people enrolling under the ACA. According to the Commonwealth survey, almost half of those enrolled in the marketplace were uninsured before enrolling and about 60% of those who received expanded access to Medicaid were previously uninsured.

As far as coverage goes, the number of uninsured would more than double (by 107%) in Medicaid expansion states and go up by 56.9% in non-expansion states. The money is aimed at enrolling eligible children in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which is another program that provides health coverage to children. Federal spending would decrease by 21.2 percent if the ACA were repealed, but it would cost other areas, according to the report.

“Today’s awards will help continue the remarkable progress states and community organizations have made in enrolling eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP”, said Vikki Wachino, deputy administrator and director for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.

In all, 53.5 million Americans would be uninsured compared with 29.6 million if the law remains, according to the report.

“Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the rate of uninsurance for children has declined to its lowest levels on record”, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services said in a statement. “In particular, the loss of federal and state spending on health care would have important economic consequences for states”.