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Analysts Agree: Every State Loses Under Graham-Cassidy Affecting People’s Care. Multiple independent analyses — and even Trump’s own CMS — agree that states would be worse off if theGraham-Cassidy repeal bill passess. Over time, every state loses because Graham-Cassidy zeroes out its block grants and ratchets down its spending on the Medicaid per capita cap. This means people would not have access to the financial assistance to help lower their health care bills, and federal Medicaid funding would no longer adjust for public health emergencies, prescription drug or other cost spikes, or other unexpected increases in need.
- Alaska stands to lose $2 billion from 2020–2027 and $14 billion over the next two decades.
- Arizona stands to lose $19 billion from 2020–2027 and $133 billion over the next two decades.
- Maine stands to lose $2 billion from 2020–2027 and $17 billion over the next two decades.
- Kentucky stands to lose $11 billion from 2020–2027 and $81 billion over the next two decades.
And according to an AARP analysis, the bill’s age tax would lead to huge increases in total costs for a 60-year-old making $25,000 in each of these states:
- $31,790 more in Alaska
- $22,074 more in Arizona
- $16,437 more in Maine
- $13,118 more in Kentucky
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