Annie Lord: AHCA will make our economy sick
“Our country can’t afford the American Health Care Act (AHCA). When 23 million people lose their health insurance, our whole economy gets sick. By now most of us know that the AHCA’s biggest funding cut, $834 billion, will be to Medicaid. All adults with Medicaid are low income, and the majority of them work. Losing their insurance will reduce these individuals’ access to care and worsen their health. This, in turn, will hurt their ability to work and decrease their take-home pay. I have seen this chain of events firsthand through my work at a nonprofit that fights the causes and effects of poverty. Recently, a graduate of our workforce training program named John was hired to work night shifts at a downtown hotel.”