JEC Democratic Staff Analysis based on data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to show deductible increases under Senate TrumpCare bill.
Instead of focusing on improving health care delivery in rural America, Senate Republicans passed a bill that will only make it harder to access affordable, quality health services in rural communities across the country.
State-by-state graphics showing how many jobs each state would lose under TrumpCare with comparisons to state industries.
Jun 26 2017
CBO Explainer: Better Care Reconciliation Act
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 26 2017
Largest Tax Cuts Go to the Wealthy
Under Senate TrumpCare, a 60 year old making $42,330 would lose their entire tax credit for health insurance. In West Virginia, that would be a loss of over $6,600, while in Alaska it would be a loss of almost $18,000.
State-by-state graphics outlining TrumpCare’s economic impact in each state. Includes 2018 increase in premiums, number of people losing private-coverage, increased cost of uncompensated care to hospitals, and decreased funding for opioid treatment.
Jun 26 2017
Economic Impacts of the BCRA Charts Packet
A packet with data from the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the Senate’s TrumpCare bill. Showcases the devastating effects it has to premiums for the elderly and poor, Medicaid, opioid funding, and more.
The Senate version of TrumpCare once again helps the wealthiest at the expense of hardworking American families while putting corporate executives back in charge of Americans’ health care. The bill reverses the progress made in expanding access to, and containing costs of, health care.
Jun 22 2017
Another “Mean” Health Care Bill
House Republicans passed a TrumpCare bill that would impact all of our health coverage by dropping millions from their health care, hiking costs on working families, threatening rural hospitals, defunding Medicaid, and rolling back the progress we’ve made in fighting the opioid epidemic. The Republican House bill is a disaster—such a disaster that even members of their own party had plenty to say on how terrible it is. President Donald Trump even flat out called it “mean.”
Jun 22 2017
June Economic Snapshot of the States
Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released the “June 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.
