Lost in what has been the most ridiculous three days of news, ever, is the latest survey report on the uninsured from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's the latest measure to find the highest rate of insurance ever, with just 9 percent (28.6 million people) of citizens lacking health coverage last year. But as HuffPost's Jeffrey Young says, don't get used to it.
The decline in the uninsured was seen across all age groups, all racial and ethnic groups, and in every state, with larger effects in the 31 states and the District of Columbia where policymakers opted to expand Medicaid under the law.The Affordable Care Act caused the biggest expansion in health coverage since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. It’s probably over now ― and the trend will begin moving in the opposite direction if President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress get their way. […]
Already there are signs that actions taken by the Trump administration could suppress health coverage even before Congress sends an Obamacare repeal-and-”replace” bill to the White House.
One of Trump's first acts was to stop advertising for the last few days of open enrollment in Obamacare in January. He's threatened again and again to sabotage the law by withholding key reimbursements to health insurance companies. On Inauguration Day he signed an executive order signaling his intention to do substantial damage to the law.
Even if Republicans can't get Trumpcare through—despite Mitch McConnell's and Paul Ryan's best efforts—the actions Trump has already taken have introduced enough instability to do real damage. Enough damage to mean that the gains in insurance coverage are over for the duration. That means people will be losing insurance.
from Daily Kos http://ift.tt/2qYgNJR
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