Fact Ck: The GOPs Health Care Claims Dont Hold Up (good summary)....3 major provisions analyzed .

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The GOP’s Health Care Claims Don’t Hold Up


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/gop-s-health-care-claims-don-t-hold-n756216

by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter


On the Sunday shows yesterday, top Republicans — in the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill — made at least three assertions about the House health care bill (which cleared the chamber on Thursday) that don't hold up under scrutiny.

Assertion #1: The House bill will be "more affordable" for those with pre-existing conditions: When NBC's Andrea Mitchell asked HHS Secretary Tom Price on "Meet the Press" yesterday if Americans with pre-existing conditions will be able to afford coverage under the House bill, Price responded, "Absolutely. We think it's going to be more affordable as a matter of fact, Andrea."

In fact: Those with pre-existing conditions who don't maintain continuous health insurance could pay more.

As NBC's Maggie Fox wrote last week: "Health consultancy firm Avalere released an estimate Thursday showing that the $23 billion allocated by the new AHCA to help cover people with pre-existing conditions would only pay for 110,000 of them...........................
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Assertion #2: No one will be hurt by the House bill's provision to cut more than $800 billion from Medicaid: When House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked if anyone will be hurt here, he answered, "No, no, I don't, because I think the micro-management of Medicaid by the federal government. The Medicaid system isn't working."

In fact: Millions of Americans who got health insurance through expanded Medicaid would no longer have that insurance: "CBO estimates that several major provisions affecting Medicaid would decrease direct spending by $880 billion over the 2017-2026 period. That reduction would stem primarily from lower enrollment throughout the period, culminating in 14 million fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2026," the Congressional Budget Office said in March about an earlier draft of the House bill. (A revised CBO score on the updated legislation is expected this week.)

Assertion #3: "I think everybody will have coverage that is better than what they had under Obamacare": That's what Trump OMB Director Mick Mulvaney told CBS yesterday when asked yesterday about the final legislative product from both the House and Senate.

In fact: Older Americans would have to pay more under the House bill than they do now: "Under current law, a 64-year-old can generally be charged premiums that cost up to three times as much as those offered to a 21-year-old. Under the legislation, that allowable difference would shift to five times as much unless a state chose otherwise. That change would tend to reduce premiums for younger people and increase premiums for older people," the Congressional Budget Office said. "By 2026, CBO and JCT project, premiums in the nongroup market would be 20 percent to 25 percent lower for a 21-year-old and 8 percent to 10 percent lower for a 40-year-old—but 20 percent to 25 percent higher for a 64-year-old." ..............................


The GOP’s Health Care Claims Don’t Hold Up


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/gop-s-health-care-claims-don-t-hold-n756216

by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter


On the Sunday shows yesterday, top Republicans — in the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill — made at least three assertions about the House health care bill (which cleared the chamber on Thursday) that don't hold up under scrutiny.

Assertion #1: The House bill will be "more affordable" for those with pre-existing conditions: When NBC's Andrea Mitchell asked HHS Secretary Tom Price on "Meet the Press" yesterday if Americans with pre-existing conditions will be able to afford coverage under the House bill, Price responded, "Absolutely. We think it's going to be more affordable as a matter of fact, Andrea."

In fact: Those with pre-existing conditions who don't maintain continuous health insurance could pay more.

As NBC's Maggie Fox wrote last week: "Health consultancy firm Avalere released an estimate Thursday showing that the $23 billion allocated by the new AHCA to help cover people with pre-existing conditions would only pay for 110,000 of them...........................
And more:.............................................



Assertion #2: No one will be hurt by the House bill's provision to cut more than $800 billion from Medicaid: When House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked if anyone will be hurt here, he answered, "No, no, I don't, because I think the micro-management of Medicaid by the federal government. The Medicaid system isn't working."

In fact: Millions of Americans who got health insurance through expanded Medicaid would no longer have that insurance: "CBO estimates that several major provisions affecting Medicaid would decrease direct spending by $880 billion over the 2017-2026 period. That reduction would stem primarily from lower enrollment throughout the period, culminating in 14 million fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2026," the Congressional Budget Office said in March about an earlier draft of the House bill. (A revised CBO score on the updated legislation is expected this week.)

Assertion #3: "I think everybody will have coverage that is better than what they had under Obamacare": That's what Trump OMB Director Mick Mulvaney told CBS yesterday when asked yesterday about the final legislative product from both the House and Senate.

In fact: Older Americans would have to pay more under the House bill than they do now: "Under current law, a 64-year-old can generally be charged premiums that cost up to three times as much as those offered to a 21-year-old. Under the legislation, that allowable difference would shift to five times as much unless a state chose otherwise. That change would tend to reduce premiums for younger people and increase premiums for older people," the Congressional Budget Office said. "By 2026, CBO and JCT project, premiums in the nongroup market would be 20 percent to 25 percent lower for a 21-year-old and 8 percent to 10 percent lower for a 40-year-old—but 20 percent to 25 percent higher for a 64-year-old." ..............................

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1. They got a beer party out of the deal. Oh goody. I feel so much better!