While Democrats debate the best path to universal health coverage, Republicans appear to remain laser-focused on taking insurance away from as many Americans as possible. ADADFinally, last Thursday, the Trump administration unveiled its latest scheme to slash spending on Medicaid, the program that provides health coverage to a fifth of Americans nationwide. The policy change — as with other Trump administration attempts to cut Medicaid — will almost certainly be challenged in court. The backlash the idea received then is presumably why the Trump administration has rebranded block grants with a new Orwellian name: the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” initiative. “Nobody knew health care could be so complicated,” after all.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2020 23:37 UTC