The cruel and soulless Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchison is all in with Donald Trump’s Administration stripping healthcare from Americans and he says 'it’s consistent with their TrumpCare objectives' of screwing Americans.
Hutchinson is requesting a huge change to his state’s Medicaid rules under ACA Medicaid expansion that would strip the healthcare of 60,000 Arkansas citizens. Guess who does the approving? Tom Price. In other words, it will happen.
Instead of qualifying for Medicaid at 138% of the current Federal poverty level, which is now $16,643 for an individual or $33,948 for a family of four, it will be 100% of the poverty level in Arkansas.
$12,060 (individual) and $24,600 (family of 4) would qualify, effectively stripping healthcare from 60,000 people. Pure evil. Make sure you share this with everyone.
This all-out war against poor Americans and all Americans will get worse. #Resist
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Monday announced proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid expansion program that would dramatically reduce health-care access for the state’s low-income families.
The governor’s proposal would lower the income requirement for Medicaid eligibility from 138 percent of the federal poverty level to 100 percent. That change would reduce the income cutoff for an individual from $16,643 to $12,060, and reduce the income cutoff for a family of four from $33,948 to $24,600.
If Hutchison’s amendments are approved by the federal government, around 60,000 Arkansas residents enrolled in Medicaid would no longer be eligible for the program.
The governor said that he plans to submit the waiver amendments to the Trump administration for approval by June, and that he hopes the changes would take effect in January 2018.
“I have spoken with Secretary Price and the Trump Administration about our plans to file these waiver amendments, and they’ve conveyed to me that the requests are consistent with the overall objectives of reform efforts in Washington,” Hutchinson said in a statement.