Tax Credit Changes Under Discussion Won’t Close House Health Bill’s Massive Affordability Gaps
End Notes
[1] Jacob Leibenluft, “For House GOP Health Bill, Deficit Reduction and Coverage Loss for Millions Go Together,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 15, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/for-house-gop-health-bill-deficit-reduction-and-coverage-loss-for-millions-go-together.
[2] Aviva Aron-Dine and Tara Straw, “House Tax Credits Would Make Health Insurance Far Less Affordable in High Cost States,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, revised March 16, 2017, https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-tax-credits-would-make-health-insurance-far-less-affordable-in-high-cost.
[3] 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.
[4] “Fox News Sunday” transcript, March 19, 2017, http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/03/19/paul-ryan-on-efforts-to-repeal-replace-obamacare-rep-nunes-previews-comey/.
[5] Matthew J. Belvedere, “Sen. Thune proposes amendment to add means test for tax credits in House GOP health bill,” CNBC, March 15, 2017, http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/15/sen-thune-proposes-an-amendment-to-means-test-for-health-tax-credits-in-house-gop-bill.html.
[6] The states listed are those that had above-average individual-market premiums for three years in a row and also had above-average employer-market premiums in 2016.
[7] Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton, and Larry Levitt, “How Affordable Care Act Repeal and Replace Plans Might Shift Health Insurance Tax Credits,” Kaiser Family Foundation, March 10, 2017, http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/how-affordable-care-act-repeal-and-replace-plans-might-shift-health-insurance-tax-credits/.
[8] Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, “Health Insurance Marketplace Cost Sharing Reduction Subsidies by Zip Code and County for 2016,” https://aspe.hhs.gov/health-insurance-marketplace-cost-sharing-reduction-subsidies-zip-code-and-county-2016 and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, “March 31, 2016 Effectuated Enrollment Report,” June 30, 2016, https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2016-Fact-sheets-items/2016-06-30.html.
[9] 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.