President Donald Trump’s proposed rule that will make it harder for immigrants to realize everlasting standing in the event that they use authorities support packages might have a significant affect in Texas, with its massive immigrant inhabitants.
Texas can also be floor zero for the well being debate on this yr’s midterm elections. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the lead plaintiff in a case filed by 20 GOP state officers arguing that the complete Affordable Care Act is now unconstitutional in mild of final yr’s tax invoice, which canceled the penalties for individuals who fail to acquire medical health insurance. The Trump administration doesn’t agree that the entire legislation ought to fall, however says the elements defending folks with preexisting well being situations needs to be struck down. A federal district court docket decide in Fort Worth is predicted to difficulty a call within the case quickly.
This week’s panelists for KHN’s “What the Health?,” are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Politico. Technical difficulties prevented us from bringing you the dialogue taped Sept. 27 earlier than a stay viewers in Austin as a part of the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival. So, the panelists, again in D.C., joined Rovner, nonetheless in Austin, for a redo Sept. 28.
Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast:
The newest model of the brand new “public charge” laws proposed by the Trump administration might penalize immigrants who use meals stamps, Medicaid, housing help or Medicare prescription drug subsidies. But in contrast to an earlier model of the proposal, it could not have in mind immigrants’ use of subsidies below the Affordable Care Act. With lower than six weeks to go earlier than the vital midterm elections, federal protections for folks with preexisting well being situations has grow to be the highest marketing campaign well being difficulty in lots of states, in lots of races eclipsing considerations about prescription drug pricing and different out-of-pocket well being prices. As hearings continued on the nomination of federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court, a three-judge appeals court docket panel heard arguments on a case he determined earlier this yr regarding the proper of minor immigrants to acquire an abortion. Increases in premiums for insurance coverage below the Affordable Care Act seem to moderating, and a few states are reporting decreases for plans that begin Jan. 1, 2019. The Trump administration is now attempting to take credit score for “fixing” the ACA’s marketplaces. However, state insurance coverage officers have famous that premiums are moderating regardless of, moderately than due to, the administration’s actions.
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