Trump Administration Cuts Medicaid Access in Indiana
In one of his first actions as Health and Human Services Secretary,
Despite promising that drug prices are "going to come rocketing down," Trump nominated Azar, who has a long history of opposing policies that encourage competitive drug pricing and reining in pharmaceutical companies' exorbitant profits.
Azar supports Trump's sabotage of the Affordable Care Act.
Talking Points Memo: "Azar first defended Trump's decision to abruptly cut off cost-sharing reduction payment to insurance companies after funding them for nine months, a decision that raised premiums significantly in the individual market. He said simply: '
About 25,000 Hoosiers lost Medicaid coverage after the state began requiring Medicaid patients to pay a monthly premium under then-Governor
Economists have found no evidence that
The majority of adults who do rely on Medicaid are working, many in jobs that do not provide health insurance or pay low wages. In
Medicaid itself already supports and encourages work by making sure that Americans can cover their families' medical bills while they search for employment or higher-paying jobs.
Research shows that Medicaid enrollment falls when states make their programs more complicated by imposing obstacles such as work requirements.
The Upshot: "But a large body of social science suggests that the mere requirement of documenting work hours is likely to cause many eligible people to lose coverage, too ... There is also a lot of research about the Medicaid program, specifically, that shows that sign-ups fall when states make their program more complicated."
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