With what appears to be TWO U.S. Senate runoff elections coming up in GA on Jan. 5th (which will determine control of the Senate), I'd strongly recommend sharing this graphic widely.
Over 550,000 Georgia residents would likely lose healthcare coverage if the #ACA is struck down.
Over 550,000 Georgia residents would likely lose healthcare coverage if the #ACA is struck down.
Actually, I'm gonna update it to also include the amount of FEDERAL FUNDING which Georgia would lose (it was $2.3 billion/year in the pre-#COVID19 era; today it'd be closer to $2.7 billion/year).
And GA hasn't even expanded Medicaid.
And GA hasn't even expanded Medicaid.
Here you go. this table has been updated with both projected coverage losses *and* federal funding losses, and also includes the updated House members in GA-05 & GA-07 starting in January:
For those wondering how this relates to the Supreme Court: The hearing is in 5 days, but the *ruling* isn't expected until sometime in April.
If Dems manage to win a Senate majority, they *should* be able to pass a simple bill which makes the case moot before SCOTUS rules on it.
If Dems manage to win a Senate majority, they *should* be able to pass a simple bill which makes the case moot before SCOTUS rules on it.
NOTE: Doing so wouldn't be easy. There's 3 paths they can take, 2 of which would require killing the filibuster (or winning over some GOP support), the third of which involves reconciliation which can get messy. None would be easy w/just a bare majority...but they're possible.
The 3 options are:
1. Raise the mandate penalty back from $0 to >$0.
2. Clarify that the mandate is severable from the rest of the ACA.
3. Strike out the mandate language itself.
Any of these would render the case moot before SCOTUS issues a decision.
acasignups.net/20/10/29/if-ac…
1. Raise the mandate penalty back from $0 to >$0.
2. Clarify that the mandate is severable from the rest of the ACA.
3. Strike out the mandate language itself.
Any of these would render the case moot before SCOTUS issues a decision.
acasignups.net/20/10/29/if-ac…
ONE CAVEAT: @urbaninstitute recently issued updated statewide estimates of both coverage & funding losses *as of 2022*. For Georgia specifically, they put the net loss of both coverage lower: 343,000 people vs. 552,000. Still a hell of a lot of people tho:
urban.org/research/publi…
urban.org/research/publi…
UPDATE: I've put all this into a blog format: acasignups.net/20/11/05/two-r…
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