From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Two weeks ago, the PA House passed HB 2138, the bill that would force families and individuals who rely on Medicaid to file endless paperwork to prove that they work or are exempt … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/10/20/51-senators-vote-slash-medicaid-order-pay-tax-cuts-rich/#.WepJdVtSwdU By Deborah Weinstein October 20, 2017 They also voted to cut Medicare, education, housing assistance, job training, home heating/cooling assistance, SNAP, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, environmental and public health protections, child care, help for people with disabilities… … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-28/health-issues/advocates-new-aca-repeal-bill-would-cost-pa-millions/a59169-1 August 28, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Nationwide, the bill would cut federal health care funding $124 billion by 2026. (AlarconBenthos/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Republican senators are working … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/07/14/latest-version-of-senate-health-care-bill-fundamentally-the-same-as-previous-versions/#.WWjzB4TysdU By Families USA July 14, 2017 Editor’s note: This piece was written by Families USA’s Eliot Fishman, Senior Director of Health Policy, Dee Mahan, Director of Medicaid Initiatives, and Lydia Mitts, Associate Director of Affordability Initiatives. It was originally posted on Families … Continued
Posted at http://www.cbpp.org/research/health/senate-health-care-bill-ends-medicaid-as-we-know-it-with-even-bigger-cuts-than-house The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) would radically restructure Medicaid financing and effectively end the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion, cutting federal Medicaid funding by $772 billion over ten years and reducing enrollment by 15 … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): Even though Sen. McConnell pulled the Senate’s immoral repeal of affordable health care yesterday, which would strip 22 million Americans of health insurance, we’re not out of the woods yet. Please call our Senators … Continued
This statement from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) can be attributed to Oliva Golden, CLASP Executive Director June 22, 2017—Today, Senate Republicans released their health reform bill. The so-called Better Care Bill—which would actually make care worse—would … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/06/16/secret-senate-threat-medicaid/#.WUfSDuvysdU By Deborah Weinstein June 16, 2017 Did you think that the House-passed health care repeal bill was going nowhere in the Senate? Think again. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) was of the opinion in late May that “80 … Continued