McConnell offers AHCA exemptions to Alaska (+ 4 other GOP states) to get Murkowski's vote. Screw ev [View all]

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whow. have to say, I am jealous if this happens.



Cameron Steele‏ @Voyager19 24h24 hours ago

McConnell offers AHCA exemptions to Alaska (+ 4 other GOP states) to get Murkowski's vote. Screw everyone else.

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...............The House and Senate bills would convert Medicaid from an open-ended entitlement program to a system of per-capita payments for beneficiaries. A novel feature of the Senate bill would redistribute federal Medicaid money from higher-spending states like New York to lower-spending states like Alabama.



One noteworthy exception to this provision is tailor-made for Alaska. “This paragraph shall not apply to any state that has a population density of less than 15 individuals per square mile,” it says.

Only five states — Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming — meet that criterion, and Alaska’s two Republican senators have expressed concern about the bill’s potential effects on their state, where medical costs are exceptionally high.