Various health care agencies and groups have expressed concerns over the effects of Obamacare repeal on Americans’ access to skilled nursing care, as well as the ongoing viability of SNFs as a business amid steep Medicaid cuts. At least one commentator also claims that the GOP health plans could lead to a return to the […]
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Under the Senate’s plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, most skilled nursing facilities will lose far more in Medicaid dollars than they make each year — and states could start the belt-tightening as soon as next year if the legislation passes in its current form. Pointing to two key changes in the way Medicaid funding […]
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released its long-awaited score of the American Health Care Act, and the result remained striking for Americans who rely on Medicaid and other government programs to pay for health care. In the nonpartisan office’s estimation, 23 million Americans would lose health insurance by 2026 were the House bill, which […]