Important read before tomorrow’s hearing on the #ACA repeal…my colleagues and I run down on all the risks to coverage, especially to #Medicaid /1

https://www.cbpp.org/blog/the-many-risks-of-the-aca-repeal-lawsuit-a-rundown

A lot would happen to the #Medicaid program: more than 12 million people across 37 states would lose coverage – this would be catastrophic given the pandemic /2

Not to mention that #Medicaid coverage for about 1.5 million kids as well as people aged 19 to 26 who were formerly in foster care would end. Losing coverage would be devastating for kids’ long term health and development /3

What’s more, overturning the #ACA could reduce access to home and community based services for nearly half a million seniors and ppl w/ disabilities by eliminating new #Medicaid eligibility pathways and benefits /4 https://www.cbpp.org/blog/aca-suit-threatens-disruption-loss-of-protections-for-tens-of-millions-of-medicaid-medicare

Finally, federal incentives to offer preventive services in #Medicaid like immunizations and tobacco cessation programs at no cost for beneficiaries would also end /end