Commentary: The Senate Health Bill Must Meet At Least Four Requirements to Pass the “Kimmel Test”
End Notes
[1] Kristine Phillips, “’Does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test?’ asks GOP senator who authored proposal to replace Obamacare,” Washington Post, May 6, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/06/does-it-pass-the-jimmy-kimmel-test-asks-senator-who-authored-proposal-to-replace-obamacare/?utm_term=.c70a07dc9bad.
[2] Aviva Aron-Dine, “$8 Billion Comes Nowhere Close to Meeting Republican Commitments to People with Pre-Existing Conditions,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 3, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/8-billion-comes-nowhere-close-to-meeting-republican-commitments-to-people-with-pre#_ftn7.
[3] Jamie Ryan and Melinda K. Abrams, “Medicaid Cuts Would Affect Older, Sicker Americans,” The Commonwealth Fund, April 6, 2017, http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2017/apr/medicaid-cuts-would-affect-older-sicker-americans.
[4] Judith Dey et al., “Benefits of Medicaid Expansion for Behavioral Health,” Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, March 28, 2016, https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/190506/BHMedicaidExpansion.pdf.
[5] Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, “Health Insurance Coverage for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act,” Department of Health and Human Services, January 5, 2017, https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/255396/Pre-ExistingConditions.pdf.
[6] Aviva Aron-Dine and Tara Straw, “House GOP Health Bill Still Cuts Tax Credits, Raises Costs by Thousands of Dollars for Millions of People,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 22, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-gop-health-bill-still-cuts-tax-credits-raises-costs-by-thousands-of-dollars.
[7] Congressional Budget Office, “Cost Estimate for the American Health Care Act,” March 13, 2017, https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/americanhealthcareact.pdf.
[8] Sarah Lueck, “Eliminating Federal Protections for People with Health Conditions Would mean Return to Dysfunctional pre-ACA Individual Market,” May 3, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/eliminating-federal-protections-for-people-with-health-conditions-would-mean-return.
[9] Matthew Fiedler, “Allowing states to define ‘essential health benefits’ could weaken ACA protections against catastrophic costs for people with employer coverage nationwide,” Brookings, May 2, 2017, https://www.brookings.edu/2017/05/02/allowing-states-to-define-essential-health-benefits-could-weaken-aca-protections-against-catastrophic-costs-for-people-with-employer-coverage-nationwide/.
[10] Sarah Lueck, “Cassidy-Collins Proposal Would Weaken ACA’s Coverage and Consumer Protections,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 15, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/cassidy-collins-proposal-would-weaken-acas-coverage-and-consumer-protections.