The Republican healthcare plan will increase costs for the average enrollee by $2,409 in 2020, according to new analysis. Costs will increase by $6,971 in 2020 for older individuals and by $4,061 for poorer individuals.
Mar 13 2017
Women's History Month Charts Packet
In celebration of Women’s History Month, a collection of charts and data highlighting the economic importance of women in the labor force.
Following the rollout of the disastrous Republican plan to gut the Affordable Care Act and take health insurance away from millions of Americans, the Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released a “GOP Health Care Plan Scorecard” with evaluations by a group of distinguished economists assessing the magnitude of the harm caused by the bill. Economists examined how the GOP plan would affect access to coverage, the affordability of care and the quality of coverage.
Mar 08 2017
Facts on the Republican Plan to Gut Medicaid
Medicaid provides an essential lifeline to around 70 million Americans who would otherwise be unable to afford health care and plays an essential role in containing overall costs in America’s health system.[i] The Republican plan would gut $370 billion from the Medicaid program over 10 years, putting mothers, children, and the elderly at risk of being kicked to the curb and throwing state government budgets out of balance.
Mar 08 2017
House Republican Health Care Plan Scorecard
We scored the GOP health care plan with opinions from economists. The economists determined the effects of the plan to be disastrous for millions of people relying on care.
After six years and at least 60 votes in the House to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Republicans are using health care “reform” as a cover to give money to the wealthy and decrease coverage for American families. The so-called “plan” in fact merely cobbles together a handful of conservative pet projects that would put corporate executives back in charge of Americans’ health care system and help the wealthiest at the expense of hardworking American families.
Seventy percent of the benefits from President Trump’s childcare proposals would go to families earning at least $100,000, and 25 percent of benefits would go to families earning at least $200,000, according to new analysis from the Urban Institute.
Feb 27 2017
State-by-State Impact Of The ACA Repeal
The Economic Policy Institute released a state-by-state breakdown of the impact of ACA repeal. For instance, if the ACA were repealed, in Ohio alone 964,000 people would lose their health insurance—an increase of 155 percent—and over 50,000 jobs would be lost.
Repealing the ACA would increase the number of uninsured by 18 million people in the first year, and 32 million by 2026, according to CBO estimates. Premiums for individual plans would increase by 20-25 percent above current projections in the first year and would be roughly double the premiums currently projected for 2026.