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From YouTube: Councilman Green Discusses the Potential Impact of Repealing the Affordable Care Act 3-23-2017

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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, March 23, 2017:

Councilman Derek S. Green (At Large) discusses the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and the potential economic impact of its repeal.

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Cheer look: another custom agree: Thank, You council president today is a very important day for many people in this country. It is the seventh anniversary of the signing of the portable Care Act. Many of you in this body, as well as throughout the city, are anxiously and somewhat costly awaiting the decisions in DC. Regarding regarding the American Health Care Act.

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My understanding is that the house intends to have a vote by sometime today or this evening early tomorrow morning, regarding that piece of legislation and I want to thank counseling back cher, the Public Health and Human Services Committee for holding hearings and March dick to really talk about the impact that this repeal of the Affordable Care Act will have not only in city of adelphia, but also the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one of our congressman, congressman charlie benton who's.

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One of the original co-chairs of a tuesday group in stated his opposition to the American Health, Care, Act I, hope other members of the 10 million delegation, especially from not only the Southeast region but across the Commonwealth, realized the impact that the American Health Care Act will have on not only insidious adelphia but the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and there's some of the facts that we learned that in march sixth, cheering and that we had is that no over 700,000 people benefited from the medicaid expansion under the affordable healthcare act as a 20-17 and also under the expansion under the ACA.

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You have 63,000 new enrollees to receive drug and alcohol treatment and considering all the issues we have with over your addiction in the Commonwealth. That's a very important issue for a hospital. The Medicaid expansion has provided no health coverage and hospitals have been able to spend less money on uncomplicated care, and many houses are using the money saved to improve care to others. The Medicaid expansion is also creating jobs.

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That's been a misnomer that the Affordable Care Act has been a job killer, would have actually been a job creator, and if you look at the data from the bureau of labor statistics, the states that have allowed Medicaid expansion have experienced a thirty percent, more job growth in the healthcare and social services sectors.

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Finally, as you know, our colleagues in Harrisburg are dealing with a state budget and the Affordable Care Act in 2015 has saved more than 500 million in the state general fund by shifting people from state-funded coverage to federal Medicaid.

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So not only do we have a challenge at our state level with our current budget, but if the American Health, Care Act passes and Affordable Care Act is repealed and replaced with new legislation will have additional financial problems at our state level, which are often it will ultimately impact in the city of Italian and people throughout to come up in a very negative way. I am for counseling game, others of a more modern perspective, to vote no on the American Health Care Act. Thank you. Thanks.