Healthcare costs are growing slower now than any point in past 5 decades. via The Washington Post

Misconceptions about Medicaid expansion obscure the truth.

Cartoon by Nick Anderson, the Cartoonist Group

So many lives that could be saved if these states’ governments agreed to the Medicaid expansion.

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By John Hambrock
From the Cartoonist Group.

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Have trouble picturing what your state opting out of the Medicaid Expansion would mean? To see how this coverage gap would play out, let’s examine the hypothetical situation of a low-wage worker named Jan and her neighbor John, who live in one of these seven states where Republican governors say they will reject the Medicaid Expansion.

(source: The Center for American Progress)

The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act was a huge victory for millions of Americans, but the Court’s ruling on Medicaid expansion creates uncertainty about whether Americans with incomes below the poverty line can access health insurance.

(source: Center for American Progress)

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By Nick Anderson
From the Cartoonist Group.

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Estimated Effects of PPACA and the Health Care Provisions of the Reconciliation Act on the Federal Budget. The savings from Obamacare are projected to grow more quickly than the spending, and CBO expects that the law will cut the deficit by around a trillion dollars in its second decade.

(Source: The Washington Post)

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By Mike Luckovich
From the Cartoonist Group.

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