GOP Massachusetts Gov. Writes Letter Critical Of Republican Health Plan
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published MARCH 21, 2017, 11:54 AM EDT
The Republican governor of Massachusetts has written a letter to the commonwealth’s all-Democratic congressional delegation critical of the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, and urging them to “ensure the people of Massachusetts continue to have access to quality health care.”
Referencing the Congressional Budget Office’s recent pessimistic analysis of the American Health Care Act, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) said the bill had the the potential to disrupt Massachusetts’ robust health care coverage numbers.
“Applying CBO’s assumptions to Massachusetts results in at least $1 billion of reduced federal revenue beginning in 2020, and we estimate reduced revenue of $1.3 billion in 2021, and $1.5 billion in 2022, with likely a greater impact in the years that follow,” Baker wrote.
Baker continued that the bill would result in substantial cuts to the state’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program, MassHealth, and would eliminate Obamacare’s subsidies for individuals buying insurance on the individual market. The ACHA uses tax credits to offset insurance costs, but they are less generous than Obamacare’s subsidies and are based primarily on age, not income.
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