A new study by Avalere, a non-partisan consulting firm, says that Pennsylvania stands to lose over $16 billion dollars in federal funding for Medicaid, causing seniors to be thrown out of their nursing homes, people suffering from the disease of addiction to lose treatment services, and women to be cut off from access to health care.
Despite this news and the fact that the governor of Pennsylvania in the upcoming years will have to make crucial decisions about health care for our commonwealth, Scott Wagner and Paul Mango are continuing to hide from the public and refusing to answer for their support of this devastating legislation.
“If Donald Trump gets his way and pulls over $16 billion in federal funding for Medicaid from our commonwealth, the governor of Pennsylvania will have to make serious decisions about the future of health care in our commonwealth,” said Beth Melena, communications director for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
“Rather than join Republican governors throughout the United States who are denouncing Trumpcare, Paul Mango and Scott Wagner refuse to face the public about their support for a bill that will increase health care costs for hard working Pennsylvanians, kick 22 million people off their insurance, including seniors who will be forced out of nursing homes and out onto the streets with nowhere to turn, women who will have their access to care cut off, and people suffering from the disease of addiction. Their silence is unacceptable and despicable.”
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“New analysis from Avalere finds that states could see federal funding for their Medicaid programs decline by between 6% and 26% under the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) by 2026.” [Avalere, 6/28/17]
“So far, more than half a dozen Republican governors have expressed grave reservations about the bill or outright opposition to it, and Democrats have been unanimous in their criticism….In an indication of the stakes involved for the states, Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Baker wrote explicitly in their capacity as chairman and vice chairman of the National Governors Association — a striking gesture given the nonpartisan organization’s reputation for caution in politically sensitive matters.” [The New York Times, 6/28/17]