On a strict party-line vote among the California delegation, the House of Representatives earlier today voted 216-212 for a federal budget resolution which includes massive cuts to health and other vital services, and sets the stage for a so-called tax cut package that may well raise taxes for many Californians. Constituents held events in front […]
Trump Executive Order Undermines Insurance Markets, But California Can Take Steps to Protect Coverage & Affordability
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order that threatens to undermine insurance markets around the country. It directs federal agencies to craft rules allowing broader use of Association Health Plans and short-term health insurance, creating large loopholes in the Affordable Care Act’s requirements around minimum benefits and protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Consumer and health […]
Federal Budget Proposals Threaten Cuts to Health and Safety Net Programs
House Passes Federal Budget Resolution with Staggering Cuts with 14 CA Votes
On a party line vote among the California delegation, the US House of Representatives voted this week on a House budget resolution for fiscal year 2018 with massive cuts to health and other vital services. This budget resolution also begins the process for pushing through a massive tax cut package with just 51 votes in […]
Graham-Cassidy Would Repeal the ACA, Cut & Cap Medi-Cal
Graham-Cassidy Repeal Stalls But #Fight4OurHealth Isn’t Over
The U.S. Senate announced today that it will not take a vote on the Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal proposal, which would have undone key patient protections, cut and capped Medicaid, and phased-out (and by 2027 zeroed-out) all funding from the Affordable Care Act. The proposal would have been devastating – deliberately and disproportionately – for California’s health care system, ultimately resulting in $53 billion/year in cuts and over 7 million more uninsured in our state.
14 CA Reps Still Silent As Revised Cassidy-Graham Still Threatens CA’s Care
The US Senate Finance Committee will hold a single hearing today on a radical proposal by Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy.to dramatically cut our nation’s health care system, a proposal that with only one hearing, only 90 seconds of Senate floor debate scheduled, and no Congressional Budget Office analysis of the coverage or […]
Over 100 CA Groups Urge CA Representatives to Denounce Anti-CA Graham-Cassidy
Today, over 100 health, consumer, and patient groups called on our California Congressmembers to denounce the new ACA repeal legislation by Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, which would not just cut California’s budget and health system by tens of billions of dollars and leave over 6.7 million more Californians uninsured, but would […]
Challenges and Opportunities with Congress Back in Session
Congress is back in session today. The good news is that there are bipartisan hearings scheduled, with testimony from a group of bipartisan Governors who last week released a series of recommendations for improving the ACA, including funding the cost-sharing reductions, reinsurance, fixing the family glitch, aggressive outreach and enrollment, and more. The bad news […]
New Bill (SB 133) Helps California Patients Losing Health Plan & Provider Coverage Due to Federal Uncertainty
SB 133 protects consumers’ continuity of care