But other possible impacts of the bill began to come into clearer focus on Monday, according to calculations of the Senate Joint Economic Committee, based on the CBO report: Next year, premiums for private health insurance in Oregon urban areas obtained through the state’s health insurance exchange would increase by an average of $749 a year.
Despite lagging behind their counterparts elsewhere, judges are still relatively well off when compared to most other New Mexicans. A recent economic snapshot published by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee says the median household income in the state is $45,100 per year, while the median household income nationwide is $56,500 per year.
That same day, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., responded to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Pointing to the budget office’s statement that the bill would take health care away from 22 million Americans by 2026, Heitkamp discussed how that would affect North Dakota residents. “According to (Congress’) Joint Economic Committee, in 2018, more than 31,000 North Dakotans would lose private health coverage, and those with coverage would see their premiums increase by an average of almost $800,” she said.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a video today highlighting the impact the Senate version of TrumpCare would have on American families. The video features U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Member of the Joint Economic Committee. The video also features Shelby, a woman from West Virginia who was recently featured in a New Yorker story about the opioid epidemic.
Jun 28 2017
The Bismark Tribune (North Dakota) - Protesters urge Hoeven to reject Senate GOP health reform bill
Monthly health insurance premiums would increase by $794 in 2018, according to the Joint Economic Committee’s calculations. Under the Senate GOP bill, those with incomes of up to 350 percent of the federal poverty level would be eligible for premium subsidies, compared to 400 percent under the Affordable Care Act.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 22 million Americans would lose health coverage under the Senate GOP bill, the Better Care Reform Act. Estimates of the number of North Dakotans who would lose coverage range from 31,100, according to the congressional Joint Economic Committee, to 70,000 from the Urban Institute.
About 1.6 million people would lose coverage next year, and by 2026 the state would lose $24 billion in federal money for Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid health care plan for the poor, Feinstein told reporters in a conference call with fellow Democrats Gov. Jerry Brown and Sen. Kamala Harris. "It's the most indefensible bill I've actually seen in 24 years in the Senate," Feinstein said.The numbers came from the liberal think tank Center for American Progress, Congress' Joint Economic Committee and the state of California, according to Feinstein's office.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats released an overview of today’s non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the Senate TrumpCare bill, which finds that 22 million people will lose insurance by 2026 compared with the current law. The summary explains what the CBO analysis of the Senate TrumpCare bill would mean for Medicaid enrollees, older and low-income Americans, and those with substance abuse disorders and pre-existing conditions.
Jun 27 2017
Heinrich Leads Press Conference On Harmful Impact Of Senate Health Care Bill On The Opioid Crisis
Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, hosted a press conference with U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to highlight the devastating impact that the Senate Republican health care bill would have on curbing the opioid epidemic. Additional speakers included Michael Botticelli, Executive Director, Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. John Aldis and Shelby, who were recently featured in a New Yorker story about the opioid epidemic.
Jun 26 2017
May Economic Snapshot of the States
Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released the “May Economic Snapshot of the States,” which tracks state economic performance, families’ economic security, how well states are preparing for the economic future with investments in people’s health and learning, and the costs of living that weigh on working families’ minds.
