The effects of a repeal of ACA

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The most significant change in the CBO's score was that the reduction of the federal deficit the CBO projected would be less with the amendments than under the previous version of the AHCA. According to the report, the updated AHCA would reduce the deficit by $151 billion between 2017 and 2026, less than the $337 billion projected in the original CBO report.

CBO score on AHCA, Trumpcare after amendments says 24 million could be uninsured - Business Insider

Ironically, on the same day the review of fuel standards was announced, 11 respected American medical societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians, released a report on the health effects of climate change. The news is far from great — climate change is real and is making us sicker. American doctors are seeing more heat-related illness, an uptick in asthma, an increase in flood-associated deaths, and a rise in insect borne infectious diseases such as Lyme Disease and the Zika virus. Like the right hook thrown by the health-care bill, this environmental punch lands directly on the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly, low-income families, and those with chronic illness. Even if we are not worried about the lack of ice for polar bears, we should certainly be worried about our health and that of our children.

Trump and GOP deliver one-two punch to Americans’ health - MarketWatch

Most insurance industry executives have been circumspect about the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and its proposed replacement, the American Health Care Act. Mario Molina is an exception. “I think this bill is terrible,” Molina, the CEO of Molina Healthcare, told The Huffington Post in a lengthy interview Friday. The company covers more than 4 million people scattered across 13 states ― including California, where it’s headquartered, as well as Florida, Michigan, New York and Texas. That makes it the 10th-largest health insurance company in the U.S., according to a 2015 government survey. Molina’s main argument against the bill is the same one critics have been making for months ― that the measure would expose millions of lower-income Americans to crippling medical bills, by taking away their Medicaid coverage or the federal tax credits that make it possible for them to buy private insurance.

Insurance Executive Blasts GOP Health Care Proposal: 'This Bill Is Terrible' | The Huffington Post

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz faced immediate ridicule early this month after he said that Americans should forego their iPhones to afford health insurance. Critics rushed to point out that the about $700 cost of an iPhone comes nowhere near the average annual cost of health-care spending, or about $10,000 per person. As if to drive home that point, a new survey shows that Americans have trouble affording most unexpected medical bills, even in smaller amounts. For a majority, or 52%, an unexpected medical bill that cost more than $500 would be out of reach. And unexpected medical bills that cost more than $100 would be unaffordable for 37%, or more than a third, of Americans, the survey, released Tuesday, found.

Forget iPhones — many Americans can’t pay a $100 medical bill - MarketWatch