This TVW show was recorded before the federal bill passed the House and Senate. "Some people … are calling this ‘repeal but no replace.’ The global number is 16 million people are projected to lose coverage. And that's the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the House-passed reconciliation bill. It’s estimated that 138,000 of our folks on Medicaid would lose coverage due to that provision. That’s just here in Washington." -- Ingrid Ulrey, CEO, Washington Health Benefit Exchange
On the same program, WA Cares Fund Director Ben Veghte provided an update on Washington’s first-in-the-nation long-term care benefit. Funded by a mandatory 0.58% payroll premium, the program is set to begin paying benefits in 2026. Veghte said the program is solvent through the end of the century and is expected to significantly expand access to home-based care.
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