Deeper Medicaid cuts in Senate bill draw resistance from disabled
Oxford has limited mobility because of a lower-back injury and neurological impairments and is the executive director of the
He was among dozens of people with disabilities who were arrested Thursday at the
"We feel like it's a direct assault on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Oxford said in a phone interview from a
The
It wipes out the Affordable Care Act's individual and employer mandates, expands health savings accounts and changes the tax credits that help low-income Americans buy insurance on the individual insurance market.
"People with pre-existing conditions will keep their health care," Roberts said. "Children under 26 remain on the parents' plans. There are no annual or lifetime limits on coverage. We reduce the deficit; we reform Medicaid, one of the big three entitlements."
"If this bill isn't good for
"This goes far beyond Obamacare expansion repeal," Nichols said.
Both the
Nichols said the
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"The cuts are deeper, and it's worse for people with disabilities," Mast said. "And we're still lost. We still get no mention."
Mast said public attention has been more focused on what the bill would mean for people with pre-existing medical conditions in the individual insurance market.
On that, the
That could be difficult for insurers to absorb, given that the
That's why insurers like UnitedHealthcare got out of the exchanges, leaving consumers in
"I would say the key thing that the exchanges need to address is you can't just provide coverage for the people who need it," Broomfield said Wednesday before the
For people on Medicare and employer-based insurance, the changes in the
The Medicaid cuts could affect "dual eligibles" who use Medicaid to fill in gaps in their Medicare coverage. With the end of the employer mandate, businesses with 50 or more employees would be free to not offer health insurance to full-time workers, and the bill also further delays a "Cadillac Tax" on high-dollar employer health plans from 2020 to 2026.
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