- July 12, 2017
How BCRA Would Harm Public Health and Preventative Care
Abigail CoursolleAuthors: Cassandra Lignelli and Abigail CoursolleThe Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the draft bill released by the Senate on…
- July 12, 2017
Consumer Protections at Risk in Senate’s ACA Repeal Bill
Héctor Hernández-DelgadoUnder section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states can seek federal approval to waive certain provisions of…
- July 7, 2017
Republican Policy to Slash Medicaid Funding Would Endanger Calif.’s Enrollment and Coverage Protections
Alicia EmanuelThis post is part 8 of our 12-part “Protect Medi-Cal Funding” series. Medi-Cal provides a long-term investment that helps…
- June 30, 2017
Senate’s Effort to Gut Medicaid Threatens Calif.’s Ability to Provide Care for Women Living With HIV
Abigail CoursolleThis post is part 7 of our 12-part “Protect Medi-Cal Funding” series. Medi-Cal provides a long-term investment that helps…
- June 27, 2017
BCRA Threatens Mental Health Parity, Access to Coverage, and Benefits
Jennifer LavAuthors: Deb Stein and Jennifer LavThe Senate Republican-proposed Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) threatens to undo decades of progress…
- June 27, 2017
The Senate Bill to Repeal the Affordable Care Act Hurts Low-Income, Women of Color
Candace GibsonThe Senate finally decided to release its bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), which drastically harms women and…
- June 27, 2017
BCRA’s Three Strikes for States
Mara YoudelmanSo the Senate introduced its “Better Care Reconciliation Act” (BCRA) last week. If you have not yet read through…
- June 27, 2017
Hey Medicaid, There’s a Bridge I Want to Sell You!
Mara YoudelmanAmongst all the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad 142-pages of the so-called “Better Care Reconciliation Act” (BCRA), I…
- June 21, 2017
Per Capita Caps’ Growth Rate: Leaving States in the Dark
David MachledtThe proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), pending in the Senate, would, if enacted, forever compromise Medicaid’s 50-year federal-state…
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