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Analysis and Commentary

June 21, 2017
‘Carve Outs’ Cannot Make Medicaid Per Capita Caps Work
Wayne Turner
Per capita caps (PCCs) in American Health Care Act (AHCA) set a fixed amount of federal Medicaid spending per…
June 20, 2017
How Proposed Health Care Cuts Would Harm Care for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
Jennifer Lav
The proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) would cut Medicaid by an unprecedented $834 billion; gut the Affordable Care…
June 20, 2017
Decades of Progress in Children’s Health Care Threatened by Proposed Medicaid Cuts
Wayne Turner
President Lyndon Johnson made the case for early childhood health care screening and treatment when he called on Congress…
June 20, 2017
Threats to Public Health in ACA Repeal: Spotlight on Youth Suicide Prevention
dfitzgerald
Suicide among youth and young adults has recently garnered much media attention. The Netflix show 13 Reasons Why centers…
June 19, 2017
Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Endanger Calif.’s Ability to Address Health Disparities
Abigail Coursolle
This post is part 6 of our 12-part “Protect Medi-Cal Funding” series. Medi-Cal provides a long-term investment that helps…
June 15, 2017
ACA Repeal Would Devastate State Economies & Cause Millions to Lose Jobs
Jeremy Leaming
The Senate is expected to vote this month on a bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA),…
June 15, 2017
Congressional Effort to Repeal ACA & Cut Medicaid Would Worsen the Opioid Epidemic
Héctor Hernández-Delgado and Corey Davis
*This post has been updated with new state specific fact sheets to reflect the Senate's latest version of its…
June 14, 2017
Republican Proposal to Repeal ACA and Cut Medicaid Would Harm Rural Towns
Jennifer Lav and Candace Gibson
Republicans will inflict serious harm on small town and rural America if the American Health Care Act (AHCA) passes…
June 14, 2017
How Repealing ACA & Cutting Medicaid Would Endanger Health Care for Aging Individuals
dfitzgerald
For older Americans, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provide a critical lifeline for needed health care. Approximately…