Washington state would lose $10B through 2026 with latest Obamacare repeal plan, study says
Named after its lead sponsors, Republican Sens.
The bill would instead take that money and distribute it to states via block grants to set up their own health-care systems with few requirements for how to do so.
The bill's chances of passage took a serious blow Friday when Sen.
The nonpartisan
Those cuts would be most severe in states like
If Graham-Cassidy passes and becomes law,
"Medicaid literally is a lifeline and saves lives," Cantwell, a Democrat, said Friday at
Cantwell was joined by
Without
"This little girl is who that repeal is going to affect," Williams said, holding a picture of Kyra and fighting back tears. "Taking it away, I'm not going to have the money to take her to the hospital, I'm not going to have the money to pay for her procedures."
With
Republican supporters have argued that block-granting money to states would give them the flexibility to come up with their own plans not dictated by officials in
On Friday the
On Wednesday, Gov.
"In many ways, this effort is more damaging than earlier proposals," Inslee and Kreidler wrote. "It decimates Medicaid, seriously diminishes coverage and exposes people with pre-existing conditions to huge premium increases."
A study by the
Sen.
"I'm still at the table ready to keep working," Murray, D-
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