US EditionThe Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
- The American Medical Association is lobbying Congress to reverse a nearly 3% cut in Medicare fees for physicians.
- More than 400 pediatricians and over 100 leaders from safety-net hospitals recently advocated in Washington, D.C., to preserve Medicaid funding.
- Chip Kahn, CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, stated that cutting Medicaid could mean lower care or higher taxes for Americans.
- Congressional Republicans are considering major cuts to Medicaid as part of efforts to reduce federal spending and extend tax cuts from President Donald Trump's first term.
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North Carolina's ACA anniversary marred by Medicaid cut concerns for 640,000 residents
The 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act is celebrated with concern in North Carolina. Potential federal budget cuts threaten Medicaid access for more than 640,000 people.
The Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
The GOP's proposed Medicaid cuts and Trump's unilaterally slashing funding for ACA navigators are the next steps in dismantling the Affordable Care Act, which has successfully reduced the country's uninsured rate to 8.2 percent from 15 percent in 2013 before its implementation.
New law alters Medicaid Expansion program
In this Jan. 3, 2019 file photo, Idaho Gov.-elect Brad Little answers a reporter's question at the State Capitol building in Boise, Idaho. (Otto Kitsinger / AP)Last Wednesday, Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 345 into law in a private ceremony at the Statehouse.The new law makes sweeping changes to Idaho's voter-approved Medicaid Expansion, and it would also have an effect on the rest of the Medicaid program in the Gem State.We wanted to break…
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