{"id":1856,"date":"2017-09-21T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/21\/graham-cassidy-heller-by-the-numbers\/"},"modified":"2017-09-21T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:56:00","slug":"graham-cassidy-heller-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/graham-cassidy-heller-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham-Cassidy-Heller By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Senate Republicans try to force through their secretive Graham-Cassidy-Heller health care repeal bill, without a CBO score or regular order to allow for hearings and debate, here is a look at some numbers from health care experts that show how truly devastating this would be for Americans across the country:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/publications\/blog\/2017\/sep\/potential-effects-of-graham-cassidy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">32 million<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; As many as 32 million people could lose their health insurance after 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/publications\/blog\/2017\/sep\/potential-effects-of-graham-cassidy\">15 million<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; At least 15 million people would lose their coverage in the next year alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/avalere.com\/expertise\/life-sciences\/insights\/graham-cassidy-heller-johnson-bill-would-reduce-federal-funding-to-sta\">$4.1 trillion<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; States are projected to lose as much as $4.1 trillion in federal health care funding over the next two decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/health\/like-other-aca-repeal-bills-cassidy-graham-plan-would-add-millions-to-uninsured\">20 percent<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; Average premiums could increase by 20%, if not more, in the next year alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/content\/dam\/aarp\/ppi\/2017\/09\/graham-cassidy-legislation-threatens-affordable-coverage-for-older-americans.pdf\">$16,174<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; According to AARP, a 60-year old making $25,ooo could have to pay $16,174 more per year for the same coverage they have today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/avalere.com\/expertise\/life-sciences\/insights\/graham-cassidy-heller-johnson-bill-would-reduce-federal-funding-to-sta\">31 percent<\/a><\/strong> &ndash;Federal funding for children who receive Medicaid coverage would be cut by 31% over the next two decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/go.avalere.com\/acton\/attachment\/12909\/f-04e3\/1\/-\/-\/-\/-\/Avalere%20CAP%20Graham%20Cassidy%20Bill%20Analysis.pdf\">15 percent<\/a><\/strong> &ndash;Federal funding for people with disabilities who receive Medicaid coverage would be cut by 15% over the next two decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/blog\/cassidy-grahams-waiver-authority-would-gut-protections-for-people-with-pre-existing-conditions\">0<\/a><\/strong> &ndash;Guaranteed protections for people with preexisting conditions would be gutted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Senate Republicans try to force through their secretive Graham-Cassidy-Heller health care repeal bill, without a CBO score or regular order to allow for hearings and debate, here is a look at some numbers from health care experts that show how truly devastating this would be for Americans across the country: 32 million &ndash; As <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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