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You are here: Home / Anderson On Health Insurance / Good news everybody

Good news everybody

by David Anderson|  September 13, 20178:09 am| 11 Comments

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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.

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11Comments

  1. 1.

    Yoda Dog

    September 13, 2017 at 8:21 am

    That is great news.
    Hope the ankle is feeling ok today, Dave. Keep up the great work, man.

  2. 2.

    MomSense

    September 13, 2017 at 8:26 am

    It looks like CHIP will be re-authorized.

    Thanks, Hillary.

  3. 3.

    Amir Khalid

    September 13, 2017 at 8:48 am

    I wonder what prompted this uncharacteristic show of not-meanness from the Senate Republicans.

  4. 4.

    Baud

    September 13, 2017 at 8:49 am

    @MomSense: This.

    @Amir Khalid: They didn’t think they could get away with it.

  5. 5.

    Laura

    September 13, 2017 at 8:54 am

    @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.

  6. 6.

    (((CassandraLeo)))

    September 13, 2017 at 9:02 am

    Don’t you mean “Good news, everyone“?

    On a serious note, this is genuinely good news, though.

  7. 7.

    RobertDSC-Mac Mini

    September 13, 2017 at 9:03 am

    How is that Senate deal going to pass the House? Those morons wouldn’t know good legislation if it slapped them in the face.

  8. 8.

    Patricia Kayden

    September 13, 2017 at 9:14 am

    Yay!! With everything that has happened since November, this feels like a spot of great news. Thanks Obama.

  9. 9.

    Another Scott

    September 13, 2017 at 9:50 am

    Moved upstairs. Sorry.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  10. 10.

    Another Scott

    September 13, 2017 at 9:53 am

    @Another Scott: (sigh). Fat fingers strike again. This is obviously intended for upstairs. I’ll move it…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  11. 11.

    rikyrah

    September 13, 2017 at 11:44 am

    This is good news.?

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