The AFFORDABLE CARE ACT vs. AHCA (The American Health Care Act)

Comparing the ACA to AHCA and What it Means for Colorado Part 4: Comparing the ACA to AHCA and What it Means for Colorado

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017 Source: Colorado Center on Law And Policy. CCLP-Heads-Up, April 28, 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017 Source: Source: Miller, Blair, Despite concerns over pre-existing conditions Rep. Mike Coffman leaning yes on AHCA as vote looms, The Denver Channel, May 3, 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017 Source: Farwell, Jackie, Bangor Daily News, How a Maine experiment fuels the new GOP bid to replace Obamacare, May 2017 Source: Hall, Jean Commonwealth Fund: Why a National High-Risk Insurance Pool Is Not a Workable Alternative to the Marketplace, Dec. 2014

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Luhby, Tami, High-risk pools won't match Obamacare's protections for pre-existing conditions, CNN Money, May 3, 2017: 

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017 Source: Shuham , Martin TPM, READ: Full Text Of The Upton Amendment, May 4, 2017 Source: CCHI email statement on MacArthur Amendment, April 26, 2017, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source : Semro, Robert, Will Older Coloradans be Winners or Losers, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, March 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Health Affairs: Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficient, April 25, 2017

Impact of AHCA on Age Rated Premiums

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source : Semro, Robert, Will Older Coloradans be Winners or Losers, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, March 2017

Colorado Counties That Benefit the Most From ACA Subsidies Source: Colorado Health Institute: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act March 2017

AHCA Helps Higher Income Coloradans More Source: Colorado Health Institute, The AHCA in Colorado, March 16, 2017

Tax Credits Much Lower for Americans of All Ages Who Make $40,000 or Less Per Year

Under AHCA Tax Credits Will Grow More Slowly than the ACA as Health Care and Insurance Costs increase

Tax Credits Under AHCA Will Shift From High Cost Rural Counties to Lower Cost Counties Source: Colorado Health Institute, The AHCA in Colorado, March 16, 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017 Source: Source: Miller, Blair, Despite concerns over pre-existing conditions Rep. Mike Coffman leaning yes on AHCA as vote looms, The Denver Channel, May 3, 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017 Source: Source: Miller, Blair, Despite concerns over pre-existing conditions Rep. Mike Coffman leaning yes on AHCA as vote looms, The Denver Channel, May 3, 2017 Source: Farwell, Jackie, Bangor Daily News, How a Maine experiment fuels the new GOP bid to replace Obamacare, May 2017 Source: Hall, Jean Commonwealth Fund: Why a National High-Risk Insurance Pool Is Not a Workable Alternative to the Marketplace, Dec. 2014

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Farwell, Jackie, Bangor Daily News, How a Maine experiment fuels the new GOP bid to replace Obamacare, May 2017 Source: Hall, Jean Commonwealth Fund: Why a National High-Risk Insurance Pool Is Not a Workable Alternative to the Marketplace, Dec. 2014 Source: Luhby, Tami, High-risk pools won't match Obamacare's protections for pre-existing conditions, CNN Money, May 3, 2017: 

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017

Colorado Counties Most Affected by Expanding Medicaid Source: Colorado Health Institute: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act March 2017

Reductions in Colorado’s Medicaid Enrollment Source: Repeal and Replace, But, How. Legislative Town Hall - Colorado Health Institute, March 2017.

Medicaid Eligibility Would Return to Pre-ACA Levels Source: Colorado Health Institute: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act March 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Jost, Tim, What’s In The Manager’s Amendment To AHCA? Health Affairs, March 21, 2017

Medicaid Expansion and Funding Source: Colorado Health Institute, The AHCA in Colorado, March 16, 2017

Reductions in Colorado’s Medicaid Funding Source: Repeal and Replace, But, How. Legislative Town Hall - Colorado Health Institute, March 2017.

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: CBO, Congressional Budget Office Report on AHCA, March 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Health Savings Accounts: Growth Concentrated Among High-Income Households And Large Employers Health Affairs,  September 2015 34:91594-1598

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Repealing Essential Health Benefits Means Only the Wealthy Can Afford Good Coverage, Families USA , April 2017 Source: Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Armour and Hackman, GOP Health Bill Jeopardizes Out-of-Pocket Caps in Employer Plans, Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Families USA, President Trump’s ACA Changes Will Increase Costs to Consumers, Make It Harder to Enroll in Coverage, April 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Families USA, President Trump’s ACA Changes Will Increase Costs to Consumers, Make It Harder to Enroll in Coverage, April 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source:  Jost, Tim, The MacArthur Amendment Language, Race In The Federal Exchange, And Risk Adjustment Coefficients, Health Affairs, April 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Patient and State Stability Fund Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Jost, Tim, Examining the House Republican ACA Repeal and Replace Legislation, Health Affairs, March 2017

Comparing the ACA and AHCA Source: Adapted from “How they Stack Up” info graphic, Colorado Health Institute, 2017. NOTE: Text marked in red was not part of the original info graphic Source: Jost, Tim, Examining the House Republican ACA Repeal and Replace Legislation, Health Affairs, March 2017

Colorado Health Institute Conclusions Regarding the American Healthcare Act Source: Excerpt from , Colorado Health Institute, AHCA Would Reduce Medicaid Rolls, Cut Billions in Funding for Colorado MARCH 16, 2017