LANSING– A new report highlights the devastating impact of Trump’s attacks on the Affordable Care Act in the midst of a global pandemic and recession. According to the study, 827,000 Michiganders could lose health insurance if the Trump administration is successful in its lawsuit to strike down the critical law. READ MORE HERE:
Michigan Advance: Report: 827K Michiganders would lose health coverage if ACA is overturned
By CJ Moore
- A repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could leave about 23.3 million Americans — including 827,000 Michigan residents — without health care coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. Research from the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank, looks at what could happen if the ACA is overturned in the coming months. In an 82-page brief filed last week for California v. Texas, President Donald Trump’s administration and 18 other states asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the ACA.
- If a full repeal of the ACA had happened prior to the pandemic, more than 1.9 million Americans and approximately 720,000 Michigan residents would have lost health care insurance, according to the Washington, D.C.-based group. But nearly 3.4 million more Americans and 107,000 more Michiganders would lose coverage if the ACA was repealed during the pandemic, namely because the health crisis is shuttering the jobs and businesses that ordinarily provide insurance coverage.
- “No action would be more damaging to Americans’ health care than if the Trump administration achieves their desired goal of overturning the ACA in its entirety, which is exactly what they hope to achieve in this case,” said Brad Woodhouse, executive director of the pro-ACA group Protect Our Care.
