Monday, March 27, 2017

ACHA may not be dead
Although Republicans have dropped a vote on the American Health Care Act , they say they will try again to pass the legislation. The proposal was under fire from the AARP, The Tennessee Health Care Campaign, a consumer advocacy group, and the Tennessee Hospital Association. The Congressional Budget Office had issued a report saying the plan would dramatically increase costs to seniors and increase the number of Americans without health care by 20 million. The plan also would have allowed individuals to go without buying insurance, leaving those who are insured, to pick up the costs. The Council on Aging disliked the disproportionate impact the legislation would have had on older adults and people who are low income because of the planned overhaul of Medicaid. Tennesseans buying individual insurance plans under the proposed plan would have seen an average increase of $5,709 a year, compared with a $3,600 average across the country, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Center said the premium for a 60-year-old making $22,000 a year could rise by $11,835.While insurance coverage for the wealthy would decrease. Tennesseans aged 55 to 64 account for 30 percent of those who enrolled in a plan on the exchange for 2017. Although the US House did not approve a replacement for the Affordable Care Act last week, members did vote on other bills. The House voted against a Democratic bill that would have required any new federal insurance plan to include coverage for treatment of drug addiction. The Affordable Care Act does require such coverage. US Representative Phil Roe voted against requiring drug treatment. Congressman Roe voted for a bill that passed which allows insurance plans to be sold across state lines.


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