Energy & Commerce text is out. Will go through it in this thread.
tl;dr: this'd be the largest Medicaid cuts in history, kicking millions off their health insurance, leading to tens of thousands of additional deaths each year
LOTS of bad stuff in this (but the very worst policy did not make it in)
first medicaid sections are about delaying biden rules. they delay here rather than just having trump stop them so they can get the savings inside of reconciliation.
next section is about getting SSNs and addresses of medicaid and chip recipients. they really don't want undocumented kids to receive care.
May 12, 2025 02:43lots and lots of increased screening where they say it's all about making sure people are only on medicaid when they "should be" - but also means tons more places for people to get caught in red tape and lose their medicaid.
imposing $1 million home equity limit for medicaid long term care. breaking the notion that medicaid could be for anyone. no more "get super sick and can no longer work - don't worry, medicaid is for you even if you used to make a great living." live in a rich city? you have to sell your home first.
really destroying the idea of social insurance here. imagine you're living in the same house your parents lived in, and your grandparents before them. you get really sick. you have to sell your home and now try to pay rent to get medicaid? bad stuff.
