{"id":2330,"date":"2009-06-09T21:35:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T21:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2009-06-09T21:35:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T21:35:19","slug":"moving_from_the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"Moving From The Hypothetical To The Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had to happen sooner or later. After all the Sunday talk show appearances, committee hearings, newspaper op-ed pieces, and campaign promises, Congress eventually had to put a proposal for health care reform in writing and share it with the public. That milestone arrived today when the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee released its 615-page health care bill<\/a>. I’ll begin perusing it over the next few days (reading draft legislation is my twisted idea of fun), but I did note that it contains an assumption that Medicaid will be expanded to people with incomes up to 150% of poverty. That’s about $16,000 a year. But currently, a lot of states cap eligibility at 100% FPG, which is about $11,000 a year. Boosting the income cap by 50% would make Medicaid available to tens of thousands of people who are still barely getting by but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid currently. <\/p>\n

It’s important to remember that this is just one bill from one committee. The particulars of a final bill will evolve over the next few months and the debate should prove fascinating and, assuming it gets signed into law, historic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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