Should-Read: Laurel Lucia and Ken Jacobs: California’s Projected Economic Losses under ACA Repeal

Should-Read: Laurel Lucia and Ken Jacobs: California’s Projected Economic Losses under ACA Repeal: “[With] repeal [of] the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 3.7 million Californians enrolled in the Medi-Cal expansion would lose that coverage…

…and another 1.2 million individuals enrolled through California’s health benefit exchange, Covered California, would lose federal subsidies to make private health insurance more affordable. These two ACA provisions are the largest drivers of the historic reduction in the state’s uninsured rate from 17.2% in 2013 to 8.6% in 2015…. California would lose approximately $20.5 billion in annual federal funding for the Medi-Cal expansion and Covered California subsidies….

We estimate the effects on employment, gross domestic product (GDP), and state and local tax revenue in California with the elimination of the major health insurance expansions, reduction in taxes, and removal of penalties under a partial repeal of the ACA… especially harmed economically by ACA repeal… Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare Counties.