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Americans Without Insurance Increase Under Trump

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Americans Without Insurance Increase Under Trump

The number of Americans without health insurance has gone up since President Donald Trump took office.....

By Alexa Lardieri, Staff Writer | Oct. 20, 2017

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The new Gallup-Sharecare poll warns the insured rate will increase if Congress
and the president don't take steps to "to stabilize the insurance markets." AP

Since President Donald Trump took office nine months ago, some 3.5 million Americans have lost their health insurance, and the uninsured rate is now the highest it's been since 2012, according to a Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index survey released Friday. The spike in the uninsured rate comes just after it hit a record low in 2016, according to Gallup. Those hardest hit by the increase, according to the survey, are Hispanics, the middle-aged and low-income workers -- and unless Washington takes action things are likely to get worse. According to the survey, the uninsured rate hit 12.3 percent, an increase of 1.4 percent since January, when Trump was inaugurated. At the end of 2016, the rate of those without health insurance was at 11.7 percent -- a sharp contrast to 2014, when it was 12.9 percent. Those numbers, however, are well below the highest uninsured rate of 18 percent in 2013, shortly after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law.

The Gallup survey showed the biggest increase the most among Hispanics, those aged 35 to 64, and individuals making less than $36,000 a year. Gallup reported several factors that may be contributing to the increase. Some insurance companies have stopped offering coverage through the insurance marketplace, and lack of competition could be increasing the cost of premiums higher than some can pay. Additionally, confusion over the Republicans' failed attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare could also be contributing to the increase. Some consumers may be questioning whether the government will penalize them for not being insured, according to the survey. The Gallup-Sharecare survey is based on interviews of 45,743 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
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Trumpcare has arrived.

Donald Trump on 12 October 2017 after discontinuing federal ACA/CSR payments said:
People will have great, great healthcare. And when I say people, I mean by the millions and millions.
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Related: Gallup | U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to 12.3% in Third Quarter
 
Mycroft said:
shrug...

Unless the most dishonest spin is utilized, there is no way on earth to make this the fault of Trump.
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It can never be the fault of trump....he is white
 
Rogue Valley said:
Americans Without Insurance Increase Under Trump

The number of Americans without health insurance has gone up since President Donald Trump took office.....



Trumpcare has arrived.




Related: Gallup | U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to 12.3% in Third Quarter
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I dumped my health insurance last month, but not due to Trump but due to premiums having reached the point of unaffordability. And no, it didn't rise yet this year. Its been unaffordable for a couple years now. I just pulled the trigger last month.
 
Of course it is the total fault of trump. Do you think its just a coincidence since he stopped ACA advertising, and telling people that the program is 'dead"? he has done everything he could to let people know that they won't have insurance any longer.
 
Mycroft said:
Nobody wants to do anything with Obamacare...not even Congress.
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Then Congress can share the blame with Trump for the rising uninsurance rate until they bring back Obamacare.
 
Floridafan said:
Of course it is the total fault of trump. Do you think its just a coincidence since he stopped ACA advertising, and telling people that the program is 'dead"? he has done everything he could to let people know that they won't have insurance any longer.
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Right. Its collapsing because of a lack of advertising.

:cuckoo:
 
Greenbeard said:
Then Congress can share the blame with Trump for the rising uninsurance rate until they bring back Obamacare.
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Rates were rising under Obamacare. You didn't give a crap about it then. So you don't have any credibility now.
 
The advertising is one part, why don't you read the rest of my sentence, homer?
 
Rogue Valley said:
Americans Without Insurance Increase Under Trump

The number of Americans without health insurance has gone up since President Donald Trump took office.....



Trumpcare has arrived.




Related: Gallup | U.S. Uninsured Rate Rises to 12.3% in Third Quarter
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There's a difference between having access to health insurance and access to healthcare.

ObamaCare drove up premiums and deductibles for millions of Americans to the point where having insurance was pointless.

Average deductible deductible for family of 4 on the Gold plan is over 12,000 dollars, over 6000 dollars for a individual, so spare us with you bull **** selective concern over ObamaCare's impact on hard working American families
 
Floridafan said:
Of course it is the total fault of trump. Do you think its just a coincidence since he stopped ACA advertising, and telling people that the program is 'dead"? he has done everything he could to let people know that they won't have insurance any longer.
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Lol ! Thats one of the most retarded takes on this issue I've ever read.....

2016......

Obama warns of double digit premium increases for 2017
https://www.google.com/amp/www.lati...lthcare-premiums-20161024-snap-story,amp.html

2016.....

1/3 of US Counties will only have 1 insurer on their exchanges in 2017
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/money/4470574/obamacare-providers-2017/

The ACA IS a disaster, and it has nothing to do with Trump and the GOP and everything to do with the people that created it, passed it and signed it.
 
It would be easy to fix the ACA and any issues it may have, but to produce that disaster of a healthcare bill as a replacement is a disgrace.
 
Greenbeard said:
Then Congress can share the blame with Trump for the rising uninsurance rate until they bring back Obamacare.
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No, they shouldn't "share the blame". It's all their's.

Trump has repeatedly told them to send him something...anything...he'll sign it. They didn't.

But you can forget about Obamacare returning. Trump killed it.
 
Mycroft said:
No, they shouldn't "share the blame". It's all their's.

Trump has repeatedly told them to send him something...anything...he'll sign it. They didn't.
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There's a bill with 60 votes in the Senate right now. What's the impediment? Trump.

GOP to Trump: Stop flip-flopping on Obamacare deal
Key Senate Republicans are urgently trying to get President Donald Trump to reconsider his apparent opposition to a bipartisan deal shoring up health insurance markets, several senators said Thursday morning.
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The indecision puzzles Republicans and infuriates Democrats.

“He’s for the bill one day, against it the next,” said an exasperated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday. “We can only hope he comes around and grasps what’s in the bill.”

Schumer later told reporters all 48 Democrats support the bill. With the dozen Republican co-sponsors, that would be enough for passage if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brings it to the floor.

But Senate Republicans are divided on whether to back the Alexander-Murray bill and some indicated they're not ready to support a bill until the president does.
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They've got a bill. Time for Trump to act.
 
MaggieD said:
This stat means very little until and unless we know how many don’t have healthcare by choice. Right?
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I'm losing my health insurance by the end of the year, it's not my choice, and it's quite specifically Trump and the GOP's fault.

(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc is pulling back from 16 of 19 pricing regions in California where it offered Obamacare options this year, state officials said on Tuesday.
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Anthem blamed the move in part on uncertainty over whether the Trump administration would maintain subsidies that keep costs down among the factors that have “led to an increasing overall lack of predictability.” As a result, the insurer said it does not allow them to provide affordable plan choices for all California consumers.


“The market for these plans has become unstable. And with federal rules and guidance changing, it’s no longer possible for us to offer some of those plans,” Brian Ternan, president of Anthem Blue Cross of California, said in a statement on the company’s website.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to cut off subsidy payments that make the plans affordable for lower income Americans and help insurers to keep premiums down, after efforts to repeal the law signed by his predecessor, President Barack Obama, failed in Congress.


Trump has repeatedly urged Republican lawmakers to keep working to undo Obama’s Affordable Care Act which has extended insurance to some 20 million more Americans.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...re-plan-offerings-in-california-idUSKBN1AH5IE
 
Taylor said:
Not to mention the sky falling down upon us all!
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Expanding insurance coverage saves lives. Not too hard to guess what happens when the GOP steps in to reverse that.

Significant decline in deaths after Massachusetts’ health reform
Boston, MA — In the first four years after Massachusetts instituted comprehensive health reform in 2006, mortality in the state decreased by 2.9% compared with similar populations in states that didn’t expand health coverage, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. They estimated that Massachusetts’ health reform law, which provided near-universal coverage, has prevented approximately 320 deaths per year—one life saved for each 830 people gaining insurance.

The study—which provides new scientifically rigorous analysis of whether health insurance expansion can save lives—appears May 5, 2014 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Medical care, health have improved for low-income adults under ACA
Boston, MA - The Affordable Care Act's health coverage expansions have produced major improvements in medical care and health for low-income adults, including reduced out-of-pocket spending, better access to primary care and preventive services, improved self-reported health, and improved care for those with chronic conditions, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Among those who gained insurance coverage, there was a 41 percentage-point increase in having a usual source of care, a $337 reduction in annual medical out-of-pocket spending, significant increases in preventive health visits and glucose testing, and a 23 percentage-point increase in "excellent" self-reported health.
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests fell under the Affordable Care Act
In Oregon, the rate of cardiac arrests happening outside of hospitals fell significantly after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its expansion of health insurance coverage, researchers report.

"The degree of benefit was most surprising: a 17 percent reduction in risk of cardiac arrest (a life-threatening condition where the heart stops pumping) among the middle-aged population for whom health insurance was expanded,” lead author Dr. Eric C. Stecker from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland said by email.
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Health Insurance Coverage and Health — What the Recent Evidence Tells Us
One question experts are commonly asked is how the ACA — or its repeal — will affect health and mortality. The body of evidence summarized here indicates that coverage expansions significantly increase patients’ access to care and use of preventive care, primary care, chronic illness treatment, medications, and surgery. These increases appear to produce significant, multifaceted, and nuanced benefits to health. Some benefits may manifest in earlier detection of disease, some in better medication adherence and management of chronic conditions, and some in the psychological well-being born of knowing one can afford care when one gets sick. Such modest but cumulative changes — which one of us has called “the heroism of incremental care” — may not occur for everyone and may not happen quickly. But the evidence suggests that they do occur, and that some of these changes will ultimately help tens of thousands of people live longer lives. Conversely, the data suggest that policies that reduce coverage will produce significant harms to health, particularly among people with lower incomes and chronic conditions.
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Mycroft said:
shrug...

Unless the most dishonest spin is utilized, there is no way on earth to make this the fault of Trump.
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What happened to the buck stops here?
He can't even appear re the wife and sends his general out
 
Floridafan said:
It would be easy to fix the ACA and any issues it may have, but to produce that disaster of a healthcare bill as a replacement is a disgrace.
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There is no way to fix the ACA. It was written and constructed by Left wing idiots and ideologues like Jonathon Gruber who threw out Free market pinciples and replaced them with his own arbitrary rules to dictate cost, price and make up for losses.

It gave the Federal Govt unprecdented authority over a private sector industry that had been stable and profitable for decades prior to ObamaCare.

Under ObamaCare the Govt gets to dictate policy coverage, mandate purchase and dictate prices and dictate the amount of risk Insurers are allowed to price into their policies

Of-course it was a going to crash and burn, but the only thing worse than ObamaCare, are the people and Politicians who defend it and are trying to make sure the Middle Class suffers as long as possible under this horrible law
 
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