Actually two pieces of good news:
First, the uninsured rate by age and year:
Amazing uninsured chart by age over time @uscensusbureau pic.twitter.com/8EYSVSqKRe
— Altarum_CSHS (@Altarum_CSHS) September 12, 2017
We’re seeing gains through the end of 2016. Early data on 2017 shows no improvement but so far no losses in coverage.
And then in the Senate, some more good news. It looks like CHIP will be re-authorized.
Sens. @OrrinHatch & @RonWyden reach agreement to extend CHIP for 5 years! Program currently set to expire 9/30. pic.twitter.com/por6QSHyZG
— Bruce Lesley (@BruceLesley) September 13, 2017
CHIP reauthorization needs 60 votes in the Senate, so I trust that the deal will be decent. The one major change that I know of is that the ACA bumped the federal share of CHIP funding by 23 points. The new deal will keep that bump for two years and slowly draw that down over the long term.
Yoda Dog
That is great news.
Hope the ankle is feeling ok today, Dave. Keep up the great work, man.
MomSense
Thanks, Hillary.
Amir Khalid
I wonder what prompted this uncharacteristic show of not-meanness from the Senate Republicans.
Baud
@MomSense: This.
@Amir Khalid: They didn’t think they could get away with it.
Laura
@Amir Khalid:
As the insightful Blue Gal said, when kids see there mom cry over their children’s healthcare coverage, they’ll never forget it and never vote for a republican. Ever.
(((CassandraLeo)))
Don’t you mean “Good news, everyone“?
On a serious note, this is genuinely good news, though.
RobertDSC-Mac Mini
How is that Senate deal going to pass the House? Those morons wouldn’t know good legislation if it slapped them in the face.
Patricia Kayden
Yay!! With everything that has happened since November, this feels like a spot of great news. Thanks Obama.
Another Scott
Moved upstairs. Sorry.
Cheers,
Scott.
Another Scott
@Another Scott: (sigh). Fat fingers strike again. This is obviously intended for upstairs. I’ll move it…
Cheers,
Scott.
rikyrah
This is good news.?