Tag: lost coverage

Trump voters would be among the biggest losers in Republicans’ Obamacare replacement plan

The following article by Noam N. Levey was posted on the L.A. Times website March 12, 2017:

Americans who swept President Trump to victory — lower-income, older voters in conservative, rural parts of the country — stand to lose the most in federal healthcare aid under a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to a Times analysis of county voting and tax credit data.

Among those hit the hardest under the current House bill are 60-year-olds with annual incomes of $30,000, particularly in rural areas where healthcare costs are higher and Obamacare subsidies are greater.

In nearly 1,500 counties nationwide, such a person stands to lose more than $6,000 a year in federal insurance subsidies. Ninety percent of those counties backed Trump, the analysis shows. Continue reading “Trump voters would be among the biggest losers in Republicans’ Obamacare replacement plan”

The House health plan: Here’s how the numbers don’t add up for the poor

The following article by Megan Foster Friedman was posted on The Conversation website March 12, 2017:

House Republicans introduced the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare).

At a press conference, Speaker Paul Ryan called this bill “an act of mercy.” For the most vulnerable, that characterization is ironic at best.

Yes, there are winners in this bill. But those who benefit would be predominantly young, healthy and less likely to need insurance or older, well off and more likely to be able to afford insurance. Continue reading “The House health plan: Here’s how the numbers don’t add up for the poor”