Closing Coverage Gap and Making Premium Subsidies Permanent Could Cover 7 Million Uninsured

Enacting key health insurance provisions like those in the Build Back Better legislation could cover 7 million uninsured people in 2022, an Urban Institute study finds. This striking gain — nearly a quarter of the uninsured non-elderly population — would result from closing the Medicaid coverage gap and making premium subsidies enacted in the American Rescue Plan permanent.CBPP, Read More.

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One day in early 2020, a Madison man noticed blood in his mouth. His symptoms escalated, and by the end of that week, he was in the intensive care unit at Merit Health Madison. When he woke up from a procedure, the gastroenterologist told him his liver was in bad shape.He had end-stage liver disease, and the only treatment option was a liver transplant. The next two years consisted of a double hip replacement, numerous procedures on his esophagus and visits with an array of specialists, including psychologists. MS Today, Read More.