EDITORIAL: If the GOP succeeds in changing health care, Maine’s state budget is another loser
At the same time as people's health insurance coverage was spared, states such as
That's because in addition to reversing the coverage gains of the Affordable Care Act, the
Today,
In the five decades since
But the American Health Care Act would have turned that model on its head. As written, the legislation would have instituted a per-person cap on the amount of funding the federal government would send to states, with the cap taking effect in 2020 based on 2016 spending.
No longer would states have
"Currently,
With funding capped based on states' historic spending,
A funding cap would heighten pressure to cut
In total, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimated that the American Health Care Act's
The American Health Care Act didn't come up for a vote in March, but
If a cap on
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