While the Better Care Reconciliation Act is not perfect, it is a positive step toward repairing the damages caused by Obamacare and putting Medicaid on a sustainable fiscal path.

Here are a variety of resources about the draft proposal:

 

Read the Better Care Reconciliation Act summary or the legislation in its entirety: https://www.budget.senate.gov/bettercare

Medicaid spending growth has been out of control. Its unsustainable path risks a fiscal crisis. Read what others are saying about how tackling the Medicaid growth rate will save the program for future generations: https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1948

 

Medicaid spending is growing at an unsustainable rate. Here are some helpful charts: https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1951

 

PA To Get $200 Billion in Medicaid Money Over Next Decade: http://bit.ly/2uwC6TV

 

ICYMI: George Will wrote about how the changes to Medicaid proposed in the BCRA would make it this century's most significant domestic policy reform. Read his op-ed in The Washington Post: http://wapo.st/2sXm8Cw

 

Despite inaccurate reports to the contrary, the Senate bill keeps Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Get the facts: https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1941

 

On June 26th, the CBO released its analysis of the discussion draft. Here's why the Senate needs to proceed carefully: https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1945

 

The BCRA draft legislation is an important step toward replacing Obamacare with a more stable, affordable health-care system, saving countless Pennsylvanians from the collapse of Obamacare. Read my Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed online: https://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=news&id=1943

 

With the Senate's modest changes to Medicaid, it can be available for future generations. Without it, it cannot be. The laws of mathematics prevent it. Read my op-ed with Larry Lindsey in USA Today: https://usat.ly/2tGzAHS

 

On CBS's Face the Nation, I strongly disagreed with the characterization that we're somehow ending the Medicaid expansion. Watch the segment: https://youtu.be/VtSWihwrMs4

 

I believe there's a path forward on health care reform. Watch my segment on CNBC's Squawk Box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdOkr1odNK0

With modest reforms, we can make Medicaid sustainable for generations to come. Watch my segment on Fox News's Special Report: http://bit.ly/2tk2hc7

 

Did you know that 244,290 Pennsylvanians paid the individual mandate tax penalty, totaling $47 million. 86% made less than $50k. View a state-by-state list of Americans paying the Obamacare individual tax penalty.