Children’s Advocates Call GOP Health Bill “Wrong for PA Kids”

Some children’s advocates are saying the bill introduced in Congress as a replacement for the Affordable Care Act would be bad for kids in Pennsylvania. The American Health Care Act would put a cap per person on Medicaid spending, and set a maximum amount available for individuals based on factors like age or disability.

The American Health Care Act Will Hurt Kids

The American Health Care Act proposed by Congress that would restructure Medicaid as a per capita cap program would sever the historical federal-state partnership of program funding, creating barriers for the 1.2 million children in Pennsylvania who rely on Medicaid for health care coverage and put the state’s fiscal viability in deeper peril than it already is. The state’s budget deficit is currently $3 billion.

2017-18 Budget Overview

Gov. Wolf’s proposed 2017-18 state budget calls for a total of $32.3 billion in state spending that provides for targeted investments to improve the quality of life for Pennsylvania’s children and make Pennsylvania one of the top 10 states to be a child and to raise a child. The plan represents an increase of $571.5 million, or 1.8% over the 2016-17 state fiscal year.

Governor’s 2017-18 Budget Proposal Invests in Kids

Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children President and CEO Joan Benso said the 2017-18 state budget proposal Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled today would improve the quality of life for Pennsylvania’s children across the four key policy areas of the organization’s work to make Pennsylvania one of the top 10 states to be a child and to raise a child.

Politico: Ad Campaign Pushes Obamacare Repeal

The commercials, from American Action Network, will target eight House Democrats, all of whom reside in districts that Trump won in November. “Rising premiums and deductibles. Washington intruding between doctors and patients. Expensive mandates that destroy jobs. Rick Nolan supports Obamacare, and Minnesota families are paying the price,” says the commercial targeting Nolan, a Democratic congressman from Minnesota’s Iron Range. “We deserve better.”

State of the Child

 

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