
Will Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act See Huge Cuts?
While cuts will occur, things could be looking a bit better for Medicaid and the Exchanges In a series of blogs just before and after Donald Trump retook office, I speculated that, while there would be spending reductions impacting healthcare, I did not foresee a massive revamp in healthcare programs, specifically for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid. Now that we are about two weeks into the new administration and a fully GOP-controlled Congress, I felt it might be good to update readers on this all-important issue. As you know, I am a pro-coverage Republican. I think reasonably robust coverage is important for the health of our nation and to reduce costs in the future. So, based on some happenings in the past month or so, here are some of the reasons to think healthcare may not be impacted as much as one would think as the budget reconciliation