Massachusetts health coverage on the line in government shutdown fight - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Step back: As part of a big COVID relief package in 2021, the Biden administration expanded eligibility for the ACA tax credits, making "Obamacare" policies on state and federal exchanges more affordable.
54% : In Massachusetts, where Medicaid is known as Mass Health, 140,000 residents would drop from the rolls while another 8,000 could lose coverage due to separate rule changes, Kaiser predicts.
53% : The issue: Whether to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and roll back Medicaid cuts from the GOP's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
48% : Without enhanced tax credits, the state's costs for the wrap would nearly quadruple, according to the Health Connector.
47% : Caveats: Medicaid does reimburse hospitals for care provided to low-income unauthorized immigrants.
45% : Medicaid spending reductions: The GOP tax-and-policy bill passed this year includes about $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, the government-funded health insurance program for the poor and disabled, through 2034.
35% : Unauthorized immigrants can't buy Obamacare policies -- so they don't get any subsidies -- and are barred from Medicaid.

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