814,700 Ohioans Would Lose Medicaid Coverage Under AHCA
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The report contains county and Congressional district data that projects the dollars lost due to Medicaid restructuring, the number of people affected, the drop in insurance rate and the potential economic impact.
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"Under per capita caps, additional federal funds do not get triggered when a state faces a spike in health care costs from a public health emergency like
As states face growing funding cuts under per capita caps, the people who will lose most are those who are expensive to treat: senior citizens, special needs children and anyone with a pre-existing condition, like
"Reducing Medicaid funding would have a devastating impact on my life. I receive 98 hours of non-agency home care every week because I require assistance with activities of daily living," Hash said. "Any reduction in home care hours would mean I would have to skip meals or spend my days in bed or not have assistance to use the bathroom or, worse case scenario, I would be removed from my home."
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The bill sharply rolls back the federal match rate for Medicaid expansion enrollees, and by 2021,
Federal Medicaid expansion funds allowed
"Taking away this coverage does not make the need go away, " said Dr.
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