Record number of unemployed Americans will stress state Medicaid programs

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More than 156M Americans depended on their employers for health insurance before the coronavirus pandemic. With almost 10M people filing new unemployment claims over the past two weeks, an estimated 3.5M workers likely lost their health insurance.

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When unemployment rose by 1 percent during the recession, health care professionals assumed that meant 1 million more people applying for Medicaid, experts said. Because the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 allowed states to expand Medicaid and cover more people, the number is expected to be much higher this time., however, will likely have a more difficult time paying for care because they don't have access to the same amount of federal money as those that did.

"More money is going to have to flow," said Andy Slavitt, who was head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the administration of former President Barack Obama."There was something that almost got into the third bill that would have created a recessionary bump in Medicaid when unemployment jumped. Republicans didn't want it, but it's a good addition.

Experts warn that something will have to be done or it could lead to shrinking coverage. States with tight budgets may begin to make difficult decisions about the amount of care they provide to people, especially if they run low on ventilators and intensive care beds.

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This is why we need MedicareForAll & Bernie. As Bernie has tried repeatedly to explain, the U.S. is the ***only*** industrialized country in the entire world without a system similar to his proposed Medicare for All. We are the only ones who will get COVID19 med bills.

When the dust settles you Americans would do well to study Austalia's universal health system. To be frank given your system we regard you as a backwards Nation.

Gee how’s Obama care looking now you fools!! 😂

Sandra_Sully USA, you destroy other countries in the name of 'freedom' (give me a break, it's about oil & capitalism) but back home your 'freedom' means being free to kill each other with guns, free to die with no health care or to be financially ruined when using healthcare. 'Freedom' 🤦‍♀️

They are eligible for medicaid. Writing a headline as if there are no options. Media trust just keeps a dropping.

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As if the insurance we had was worth anything before.

Average people are about to realize it’s time to stop being dependent on the government

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They can get contunue coverage under Obamacare if they had employer based coverage. That's not entirely true.

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Maybe someone should ask the governors why they've shut down everything it's the governors who started all of this

Yeah but single payer healthcare is communism!! Keep watching Fox News and carry on.

Unemployment is going to hot 30+%. A lot more of us will be uninsured. This is a nightmare/disaster/worst case scenario.

Thank you. Another great reason to open the country back up. Quarantine the vulnerable. Get everyone else up and moving. Let herd immunity do its thing.

So now they have no income, may get unemployment for a couple months but it doesn’t replace full pay. They have to buy a plan out of pocket or pay Cobra where their employer covered most of the cost. What’s left for bills?

Profit over Humanity .

Only going to get worse. I fear more layoffs still coming unfortunately.

And if they lose their jobs, they are eligible for special enrollment. It's in the ACA. Tell the whole damn truth you idiots

All these years the GOP fought the ACA & look what’s happening. People will be forced into Medicaid due to job loss & create medical care for all anyway. senatemajldr & friends will have their gov’t healthcare for life, even when he loses his job this yr.

This is heartbreaking and frightening. Imagine losing your job, not knowing how you will afford rent and groceries. And then being in the midst of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC where thousands of people are getting sick. And having no health insurance. This is cruel and must be fixed!

Open enrollment in ACA and expand Medicare

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It's almost as if having people tie their healthcare to their jobs is not a good idea.. 🤔🙄

If only there was a candidate for universal healthcare

And I will say again: NO healthcare is devastating for democrats, who did not get Supreme Court judges. For happy republicans, who got judges and 1/1000th of a 'Wall' and gutting of Obamacare, THEIR priorities were met!

Don’t you just LOVE spreading what “ifs”.....pathetic. Try sticking to and reporting “what is”....

In Texas the republican rulers kicked people out of Medicaid & won’t let new people in. Hate this state sometimes

Funny how we are look at full medical care for all ... look how god works! Amazing!

And so what?

Trump and Republicans don’t care.

Not to worry. Donald Trump has our backs.

Don't forget: Hundreds of thousands could die without coverage altogether, too! SO GRATEFUL I'M RICH! Hello to the millions of unemployed people who voted for me! Have fun trying to not get sick!

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More ppl have died worldwide from Flu and NBCnews and the other FakeNews outlets are helping the Progressive Left to collapse our Country. Cant wait 4 the arrests 4 conspiring against Americans. If they had conversations about intent, they are guilty. No 1st Amend Protection

How awful is this. Now medicare and all other forms of free medical care are going to be hellish to access. The system is going implode if something isn't done soon.

MedicareForAll

Decouple insurance and jobs. Most other countries don’t do it this way.

Why go back to work when i can get free stuff. National suicide when that mentality pervades the system. You fools.

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Those who qualify for COBRA probably won't be able to afford it. But the GOP has that great healthcare plan ready to go.

Then what was American Dream all about?

'one researcher said' = Mabel NBC account's receivable

As a 'job creator' I was aghast at idea of employer-based health insurance. Payroll tax is a theft, & 'jobs, jobs, jobs' wage-slave model is an unnatural society. We need Big Labor only b/c Big Business is inherently exploitative. Industrial capitalism sucks.

“likely “.

A lot of those people are still 'employed'.

So that’s what the greatest country in the word looks like in a crisis👏

Greatest US Government Failure Ever!

The fallout from your panic profiteering

KosherSoul strange we should tie insurance to employment then

SpeakerPelosi And that shows you exactly what's wrong with the USA's health/medical system. Single Payer, as is the case in most civilized countries, is the only way to go.

PrudentialUG I had you guys talking of giving three months compensationsfollowing unemployment of any of your clients

Reality for most people in America. Maybe just maybe someone other than Bernie will start to understand that our current healthcare system just doesn't work when it's really needed.

Panicked people are paying Charlatans for all kinds of fake and dangerous 'cures' and celebrities are profiting from poor people's misery and fears.This solution=Easy and Low cost from basic material you can make at home 2 ease anxiety+protect ZERO DOLLAR!

Just be thankful you live in a blue state

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