`It saved my life’: Talk of Obamacare repeal worries addicts

Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered an us-versus-them defense of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday at a rally hosted by one of the state’s major health care worker unions. It expanded welfare rolls by raising income allowances for Medicaid, the joint federal-state insurance program.

“It saved my life”, he said. Even more important, it’s about how Republican voters could be the ones to sway Republicans in Congress away from repealing the ACA out of spite.

“I think that something that should be everyone’s right is the right to have good health”, said Dr. Breeding.

The Trump supporter told Thompson that the American people elected Trump in part because he promised to repeal Obamacare. But Democrats and others are dubious.

Under ACA, the general assistance fund was replaced with Medicaid funds, most of which were provided by the federal government.

But there’s another, quieter health tragedy that could play out if the ACA is gutted: States could lose critical money they use to respond to outbreaks, vaccinate children, and fight smoking and obesity. “Stand up and say we want single-payer”. And that could force states to cut benefits. Among them are more than 15 million who are cancer patients or survivors, who are at the forefront of people speaking out against Republican efforts to repeal the law. That is $5 billion for insurance premium subsidies and $15 billion for a Medi-Cal expansion that provides coverage for 3.7 million people.

The leaked audio also included the thoughts of Rep. Tom McArthur, R-N.J., who said, “If we do this too fast, we are in fact going to pull the rug out from under them”.

In areas overwhelmed by the opioid crisis, the uncertainty is worrisome to people receiving treatment. In the Lehigh Valley, 33,700 residents have coverage via Medicaid expansion, state records show.

The poll results also revealed that 17 percent of adults want Republican leaders to get rid of the law entirely, compared to the one-in-four adults who want to see it modified.

The healthcare debate has developed into a political boxing match that rages while Americans wait nervously to see what the future holds. During the Obama administration, you passed literally dozens of bills to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act – knowing that none had any chance of being signed into law. “I was in an in-patient rehab within an hour and a half of making that call”. Her insurance company raised her premiums this year, so Theresa is anxious about how she’s going to continue paying for her coverage, but she knows that dismantling the ACA is not the solution.

We are 680,000 residents strong and growing every day.

Republicans will win the battle over the “Obamacare” label. A county program helps pay for a monthly anti-relapse shot. “There’s been no legislation filed … irrespective of who you voted for or how many people voted for the current president, that doesn’t mean I have to go along with him if he’s wrong”.

“The ACA protects everyone in Philadelphia, insured or not, from a wide range public health threats”, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said. She is waiting to be assigned to a shelter and staying with a friend. A plan without a budget is little more than a daydream. Deductibles for some plans are so high that people still can not afford help.

That’s the message from Rick Pollack, president of the American Hospital Association, and Marilyn Tavenner, the president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, at a Nashville Health Care Council event Thursday.