Everyone deserves affordable healthcare coverage
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as H.R.1, introduces big changes to the way Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace work. For example, H.R.1 creates more barriers to accessing affordable healthcare through burdensome reporting requirements, including proof of work, more frequent eligibility checks, and the elimination of auto-enrollment. This bill also is set to allow healthcare tax credits — which close to 24 Americans in individual health insurance marketplace plans rely on - to expire.
Black Americans are more likely to live in non-expansion states like Georgia and will be hit hard by H.R.1. Nationally, nearly 1 million Black people are anticipated to lose healthcare coverage if healthcare tax credits expire. At the state-level, existing health and economic inequities will worsen for Black Georgians, including:
Increased uninsurance, included more Black children uninsured
Increased medical debt
Decreased healthcare utilization and increased unmet health needs
Increased health systems disruptions
Want to read the full story? BLKHLTH’s Medicaid and ACA Marketplace Defense fact sheet explains the dangers of H.R.1, the impact on Black Georgians, and offers tools you can use to advocate for change.
Black families will be disproportionately hurt if Congress terminates healthcare tax credits.
925,000 Black people will have their health insurance terminated if Congress fails to extend healthcare credits.
If Congress fails to extend healthcare tax credits, states that haven’t expanded Medicaid will be hit hardest.
372,000 Georgians will have their health insurance terminated if Congress fails to extend healthcare tax credits.
