Posted
Aug 14 2012
Type:
Group Health Benefits
Regardless on what side of the healthcare reform debate you’re on, we believe it’s important to stay informed. As a trusted
group insurance provider, we’re dedicated to keeping you on top of the changes in the health insurance industry.
Just a few weeks ago, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated that the Supreme Court ruling to uphold President Obama’s healthcare law could save the U.S. government some $84 billion over 11 years, according to
Reuters.
Here’s a breakdown of how this kind of saving would be possible:
- A portion of the ruling gives states an “escape hatch” from the law’s expanded program of healthcare coverage for the poor; this Medicaid program expansion would be funded mostly by the government but states will pick up a portion of the cost eventually.
- The CBO estimates that about 6 million fewer people than expected will be covered by Medicaid due to states that opt out, which will lower the overall cost to the federal government.
- The alternative, which would be repealing the healthcare law, would actually increase the government deficit by $109 billion.
- The net cost of expanding medical coverage under the law will be $1.168 trillion over the next 10 years, as opposed to $1.252 trillion, which was the prior estimate.
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group health benefits; affordable care act; healthcare law; congressional budget office