Sarah Lueck warned that an amendment from Senator Ted Cruz would worsen the Senate bill by eviscerating protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Jessica Schubel listed the ways in which the bill endangers coverage for American Indians and Alaska Natives and pointed out that its supposed “fix” in Medicaid funding for this population doesn’t eliminate the risk of large coverage losses. Aviva Aron-Dine explained why the bill’s extra grant funding for Alaska comes nowhere close to addressing the unique harms to the state from the bill. Shelby Gonzales noted that many immigrants lawfully present in the country could lose affordable coverage under the bill.

We issued fact sheets showing how the Senate bill would affect coverage in Kansas and Arkansas. And Jacob Leibenluft detailed why the Senate’s rush to vote on the bill is designed to hide its damaging impacts.