If the justices rule in favor of the plaintiffs, preventive services and screenings would be subject to co-pays and deductibles, disincentivizing people from getting them.
“Without HIV therapy, people get opportunistic infections. They get certain cancers and they die.” — Dr. Richard Sutton, Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and of Microbial Pathogenesis at the Yale School of Medicine.
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The proposed rule would also revoke “sex trait modification services” as an essential health benefit covered by ACA plans. Critics say transgender health care is a lifesaving tool.
Dr. Avenel Joseph, vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, fears that massive layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services will result in increased barriers to accessing healthcare for the nation’s most vulnerable people and children.
The bill calls for voters to provide proof of citizenship at election offices, while ending voter registration drives, mail-in and online registration.
"The message being sent to immigrant communities is that we don't belong, and that we should have no expectation of getting assistance from the Government." - Marita Etcubanez, AAAJ/AAJC
