Leaked report suggests millions could lose coverage under GOP health proposal

[DonViejo]

Updated by Sarah [e-mail] Feb 25, 2017, 5:29pm EST

Republican replacement plans for Obamacare would lead to significant declines in the number of Americans with health insurance coverage, according to an analysis presented Saturday at the National Governors Association and obtained by Vox.

The analysis was conducted by the health research firm Avalere Health and the consulting firm McKinsey and Company.

The analysis includes graphs on what the Republican plan to overhaul Obamacare’s tax credits, generally making them less generous, would do. They are based on the recent 19-page proposal that Republican leadership released about their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. In particular, they look at the effect of switching from income-based tax credits (which give poor people more help) to age-based tax credits, where everyone would get the same amount.

The report estimates what would happen in a hypothetical state with 300,000 people in the individual market that has also expanded Medicaid. In the individual market, enrollment would fall 30 percent and 90,000 people would become uninsured.

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http://www.vox.com/2017/2/25/14739280/obamacare-nga-report

[riversedge]

1. The Repugs are getting rid of the Pre-exiting conditions provision of ACA in Ryan's plan.

[Bill USA]

2. this is part of what M$M calls "populism"..yeah, RIGHT! The brand of populism that hastens the death

of the "average" American.