New GOP health bill cuts funding for New York — more than before
The new effort, sponsored by Republican Senators
In their place would be federal block grants to the states that deliberately shrink the funding going to the states that now spend the most on health care.
The next year, the block grant would disappear unless
Earlier
Unlike earlier measures, the new Republican effort doesn't include an amendment pushed by Rep.
The new
"Right now, 37 percent of the revenue from the Affordable Care Act goes to Americans in four states" --
Gov.
"If they cut us by
The new
Those measures aimed to turn Medicaid, now an open-ended entitlement that provides health care to millions of lower-income Americans, into a block grant to the states. But the new
States would get a set, but annually shrinking, pot of federal money to design their own health care systems. The bill would abolish Obamacare's requirement that everyone have health insurance and that most employers offer health coverage.
"It would repeal the pillars of Obamacare and replace that failed law's failed approach with a new one: allowing states and governors to actually implement better health-care ideas by taking more decision-making power out of
By budget rules, the
After then,
"If you believe repealing and replacing Obamacare is a good idea, this is your best and only chance to make it happen because everything else has failed," Graham said.
Obamacare's most powerful advocate -- Senate Minority Leader
"Trumpcare is back, and it's meaner than ever," Schumer said. "The
Cuomo stressed the proposed bill wouldn't just threaten the state's health care funding. Under the measure, he said, some 2.7 million New Yorkers would be at risk of losing their health insurance.
The bill could destabilize the state's insurance market, said
"It appears to reduce the amount of federal support to help people buy coverage," Ingalls said.
The new proposal drew strong opposition from the
Independent health care policy analysts were not necessarily impressed either.
"I would join the group of people who think that that's craziness," Hammond said.
The bill faces an unclear political future on both sides of
In the
Some
Reed said the absence of
"I always try to keep my sights on the fact that there people behind these policies," Reed said.
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