In California, 14 million reasons to wonder — and worry — about GOP health care bill
Without
She and other Californians who rely on
The Better Care Reconciliation Act offered by
The
The bill would fail if three Republican senators vote no, and at least five have publicly expressed their opposition.
Since Obamacare started,
On
PolitiFact rated her assertion that Medicaid is not cut "Mostly False."
"It's the most indefensible bill I've actually seen in 24 years in the
Medicaid has been around since the 1960s. But Obamacare offered states, with the federal government's help, the opportunity to expand their Medicaid programs.
That figure includes more than 973,000 seniors and people with disabilities in
Set a cap
The GOP House and
Right now, there's no cap on what the federal government pays for a Medicaid enrollee's bills. Both bills would change Medicaid by offering states a block grant of Medicaid money or placing a per-capita cap on what the program would pay for each enrollee.
By doing so, states would be forced to cut Medicaid benefits or restrict eligibility to make up for the loss of federal funding, said
Under the House bill,
Caps would vary depending on the type of enrollee and growth in those caps would be indexed to the rate of inflation. But the
While children with disabilities are technically exempt from per-capita caps, "As soon as they turn 19, they would be affected by cut services," Flory said.
"There are also a number of children who are not categorically disabled but are receiving a high level of services due to trauma, et cetera," she said.
"I imagine there will be some dispute in which children to exclude from the cap ... I just see more pressure and administrative bureaucracy on the horizon to administer this, not funding going to services."
'It's infuriating'
"I don't think some of these politicians are really ... not informed," Bruce said. "Apparently, since they get their medical coverage ... because of their work -- and that's OK -- I don't think they fully know the impact of not having certain insurance and insurance at a lower cost."
"It's going to affect a lot of people" if
Without
"It's absolutely terrifying," Strecker said of the health care bills. "It's infuriating."
About 14 million people statewide -- one in three residents -- is enrolled in
Here's a look at enrollment numbers by county as of January, the most recent month for which such statistics are available.
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