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Final Budget Resolution Codifies Unreconciled Differences on Medicaid Cuts in House and Senate Reconciliation
Quick TakeThe budget resolution is unusual because it establishes different tracks for reconciliation in each chamber: House committees are instructed to increase deficits by $2.3 trillion, with major cuts to Medicaid; and Senate committees are instructed to increase deficits by what amounts to $5.8 trillion, without clear implications for Medicaid cuts.
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Can Democrats Make the Medicaid and ACA Cuts Their Winning Political Issue Before People Feel the Cuts?
From Drew AltmanIn his latest Beyond the Data column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman discusses whether Democrats can make the Medicaid and ACA cuts a winning political issue before the midterm elections and before most people feel the cuts.
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The ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ Leaves Open Questions for People with Pre-existing Conditions
Quick TakePresident Trump announced a health care framework that leaves open key questions, including those about out-of-pocket costs, premiums, federal spending, and health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
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House GOP Eyeing Cuts of Nearly One-Third in Projected Federal Medicaid Spending
Quick TakeHouse Republicans are considering deficit reductions of $5.5 trillion, which includes $2.3 trillion cuts in Medicaid… Cuts of this magnitude would put states at financial risk, forcing them to raise new revenues or reduce Medicaid spending
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What Does the Federal Government Spend on Health Care?
Issue BriefAs Congressional Republicans and President Trump search for trillions of dollars in cuts to mandatory federal spending that could help offset the cost of extending expiring tax cuts, this brief analyzes current support from the federal government for health programs and services, including both spending and tax subsidies as context for those federal budget discussions.
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Nonprofit Hospitals’ Tax-Exempt Status Worth About $28 Billion, New KFF Analysis Finds
News ReleaseEditor's Note: The press release was updated on March 27, 2023, to reflect corrections in the underlying analysis, resulting in a modest increase in the total estimated value of tax exemption, from $27.6 to $28.1 billion.
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The Estimated Value of Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Hospitals Was About $28 Billion in 2020
Issue BriefThis data note estimates that the value of tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals was $28 billion in 2020. This amount exceeds estimated charity care costs among nonprofit hospitals in 2020 ($16 billion), though charity care represents only a portion of the community benefits reported by nonprofit hospitals.