Search
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Medicaid Expansion Under Obamacare Dramatically Reduced US Medical Debt & Patient Bankruptcies
A new study published in JAMA by scholars from Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, and the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that Medicaid expansion under Obamacare [ACA, Affordable Care Act] led to a massive reduction in medical debt in the states that chose to extend those benefits to its residents. Vox: "The Affordable Care Act offered states a huge infusion of federal money to expand Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults, and about 30 states took that deal right awa
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Obamacare Despite Trump's Efforts to Destroy It
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act today, and based on the questions and statements of the Justices, it appears likely that they will uphold the law despite the Trump administration's efforts to destroy it. Most recently, the administration had argued that since Congress in 2017 zeroed out the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance [the individual mandate], the entire law was now unconstitutional. A majority of the Court appears to disag
- Aug 6, 2020
- 1 min
Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion has Become Quite Popular with Voters, Even in Red States
Even as Donald Trump tries to convince the US Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] including its Medicaid expansion provisions, the law continues to become more popular, even in conservative states. This week Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion, 53% to 47%. It joins Virginia and Maine and four other red states that have rejected Republican opposition and approved Medicaid expansion during the Trump years including Idaho, Nebraska, Oklahoma and
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Oklahomans Embarrass Trump Again & Vote for Medicaid Expansion Under Obamacare
Just a few weeks after failing to attend Donald Trump's ill-advised Tulsa rally, voters in Oklahoma, one of the nation's most conservative states, handed the President another humiliating defeat. On Tuesday they bucked Republican opposition and voted to expand Medicaid to cover several hundred thousand low-income residents. More significantly, they voted to accept a key element of the Affordable Care Act [ACA, Obamacare] just days after the Trump administration filed a brief
- Jun 27, 2020
- 2 min
Trump Admin. Seeks to End the Affordable Care Act & Take Health Insurance from 20 Million Americans
As we have documented many times before, the Affordable Care Act [ACA, Obamacare] has been a godsend for millions of Americans who would not be able to afford their health care expenses otherwise. And, a growing body of research has shown that it has saved countless lives [see here and here]. Despite this success, Republicans continue their assault on the program and yesterday the Trump administration filed a brief with the US Supreme Court arguing that the "Act in its entire
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
Trump Again Promises to Destroy the Affordable Care Act & Strip Health Care Insurance from Millions
Yesterday, Donald Trump again promised to destroy the Affordable Care Act [ACA, Obamacare], taking away access to care for millions of Americans on Medicaid and making healthcare insurance unaffordable for millions more. Washington Post: “We want to terminate health care under Obamacare,” Trump told reporters Wednesday, the last day for his administration to change its position in a Supreme Court case challenging the law." And, showing that he has no empathy whatsoever for wo
