Don’t Be Fooled: Senate Bill is Bad for Millions of Most Vulnerable Young People

The Senate’s framework phases out Medicaid expansion and ends Medicaid as we know it, meaning millions of the lowest income young people will go back to being uninsured. And although today’s bill appears to offer slightly higher premium tax credits for some younger Americans, it completely eliminates tax credits for young people earning 350 FPL- 400 FPL, increases out-of-pocket costs, and allows states to cut key benefits from coverage, meaning that even those young people who could see slightly higher premium tax credits will get far worse coverage than they have now.