Glamour : declared in Kellyanne Conway Says People on Medicaid Who Lose Their Health Insurance Should Just Get Jobs

(It should be noted that millions of Medicaid recipients turn to the women's health care provider for basic preventative care.) But the majority of those who are enrolled in the ACA's Medicaid expansion do have jobs—they're just low-paying and precarious positions that don't necessarily offer health insurance. However, according to Conway, the health care bill isn't actually making cuts to Medicaid; it is, instead, "slowing the rate of growth in the future" and giving individual governors "more flexibility." Reports indicate that Medicaid would lose over $800 billion in funding, leaving the health care of an estimated 14 million vulnerable men, women, and children in complete jeopardy. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who could be one of the deciding votes on the Senate health care bill, told Stephanopolous later on that morning that she "respectfully" disagrees with Conway's analysis.

GOP Health Bill Might Bring Back Lifetime Caps On Insurance Coverage : Shots

The Hardys now get their health insurance through the North Carolina exchange — they were able to get it despite Clara's past health problems. Worries about how the cost could climb, if the GOP bill becomes law, keeps her dad up at night. At the time, the whole family had health insurance through Chrissy's job as a public school teacher. That means the GOP bill, if passed, could effectively gut protection for pre-existing conditions. "If a benefit were no longer [an] essential health benefit, you would probably not have plans that would offer that type of coverage without an annual or lifetime limit," he says.


Fewer employees took insurance. Rowen dreaded returning to the group insurance market, where he feared he'd have to spend between $150,000 and $200,000 to insure his group. Not more than half his employees took up the offer of coverage. Many critics of the law argue that those market reforms have made small group coverage more expensive. It would also be the only year: last December, Susquehanna Glass returned to the group market.


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