How Will Public Health Fare in a Trump Administration?

Republicans have repeatedly passed legislation that would repeal or at least defund major parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA; Pub L No. 111-148)-most recently using a budget reconciliation process to repeal funding for the exchange subsidies and Medicaid expansion in late 2015 in the Senate and e...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 107; no. 2; pp. 235 - 237
Main Author Wilensky, Gail R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.02.2017
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Bills
Bipartisanship
Federal budget
Federal legislation
Filibusters
Flexibility
Funding
Health Care Facilities/Services
Health Policy
Health Reform
Medicaid
Medicare
Political campaigns
Presidents
Public health
Reconciliation
Tax credits
Trump, Donald J
Voters
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Summary:Republicans have repeatedly passed legislation that would repeal or at least defund major parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA; Pub L No. 111-148)-most recently using a budget reconciliation process to repeal funding for the exchange subsidies and Medicaid expansion in late 2015 in the Senate and early 2016 in the House. [...]its greater flexibility could also mean that states that wish to could make the care available through Medicaid and what is available through the purchase of insurance with refundable tax credits more seamless than it is now. 1332 WAIVERS If Republicans are forced to live within the framework of the ACA for the next two-plus years while other legislation is being crafted as some Republicans have suggested, there are many ways that the ACA could be made more flexible.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303594