The Affordable Care Act protects 737,900 West Virginians with existing conditions that are more calculated or refused by insurance companies. (Getty Images)
The Republicans in Congress are not satisfied with reducing Medicaid, so they would now like to apply the reconciliation to highlight huge parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in order to pay tax breaks for billionaires, huge companies and campaign donors.
Nowadays, everyone has heard of “Obamacare”, the Landmark 2010 law, which has created consumer protection for the first time like no discrimination on the basis of existing conditions and gender as well as no annual or lifelong upper limits for cover.
The Affordable Care Act became 15 at the beginning of this year and despite a rock start and endless “cancellation and replace” attacks by republican opponents in the congress and President Donald Trump, it has existed and is more popular than ever. During the march In the direction of quality, affordable health care for everyone remains a long, the political struggle The ACA passed the closest of the edges Battle is not lost.
As part of the current administration and the congress controlled by the Republican, the ACA, including the coverage of Medicaid, are again at risk. The congress marks its long -awaited committees to achieve them 1.5 trillion US dollars At expenditure in April in April Budget solution Spread tax benefits to billionaires, huge companies and campaign donors.
The budget solution describes considerable cuts in Medicaid, which is threatening Medicaid expansion that covers more than 160,000 West Virginians. Among the Included provisions are challenging work reporting requirements for adults between the age groups from 19 and 64, increased paperwork and bureaucracy for all expansion areas, and Increased cost sharing and co-plays for some adults.
A newer report Through the West Virginia Center for household and political estimates that are roughly 40,000 West virginians would lose their health insurance, including More than 23,000 inhabitants of Congress Member Carol Miller’s District and 17,000 in Congressman Riley Moores.
In addition, these cover losses would lead to the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal financing that are currently going to hospitals and providers in West Virginia. As a result, Thousands of jobs in the state would be lost and rural providers Harned that hospitals who work on the edge would be threatened to close.
In addition, this resolution extends the extended premium tax credits that more people have received for affordable cover since 2022. More than 50,000 West Virginians receive your health insurance coverage through the health insurance market of the Affordable Care Act with over 95% Get a tax credit to make your monthly premiums more affordable. As part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and then the inflation reduction act (IRA), the congress increased financial support, the families who receive their health insurance through the ACA market. In West Virginia, this led to the enrollment of marketplaces more than doubled.
The residents of West Virginia saw the greatest benefits of the increased ACA subventions, like ours The state has the highest health costs in the country. If at the end of The year, the 50,000 inhabitants who receive their health insurance through the market Would see how their monthly premiums enhance by 140 percent.
We have been on this street before. Together, the renewed Republican efforts have taken The most critical parts of the ACA will threaten the reporting for more than 25 million Americans. And that does not include any coverage losses that arise from their attacks on Medicaid.
These guidelines are very unpopular – even among Republican voters. If the Republicans get in the way, the costs will enhance, challenging -working families will lose their Cover and the entire health system are thrown into chaos.
This means that Republicans after the promise to reduce prices and to improve the economy The opposite will do the opposite for working Americans: take away food and health care of families of the working class to make the richest people even richer. It is up to us to stop them.
