Previous data shows that a repeal of the Affordable Care Act will more than double the number of uninsured people in West Virginia. Read. A new report by the Economic Policy Institute looks at a repeal's impact on employment. It estimates how the combination of tax cuts and spending cuts will affect employment across the…
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A recent WVCBP report looked at many of the people who could lose health coverage from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act - including small business workers and those working in various industries. Last week, the Urban Institute released state fact sheets with more demographic information on this population - with details on income, age, race,…
U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) unveiled the outline of the Patient Freedom Act of 2017, a one-page document describing a proposed legislative approach that could follow the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. However, the proposal raises serious questions and leaves important questions unanswered. Based…
We know that repealing the Affordable Care Act will increase the number of uninsured Americans by tens of millions. We also know it will significantly raise premiums for people who purchase health insurance in the individual market (people without employer-based health insurance and who are not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare). Read. Members of Congress…
Yet another analysis confirms the potential harm of repealing the Affordable Care Act. The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation examined the impact of the repeal bill passed by Congress in 2015 and 2016 (H.R.3762). Tens of Millions Would Lose Health Care Quickly - 18 million more people would be uninsured in…
In less than a month, West Virginia's new governor, Jim Justice, will release his FY 2018 state budget that aims to close an estimated budget gap of $497 million or about 11 percent of the state general revenue fund (before leaving office outgoing Governor Tomblin released a FY 2018 state budget). While Governor Justice has…
This working policy brief by West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy intern Luke Yingling explores drug courts in West Virginia, including outcomes, savings, and the potential to expand their presence in the Mountain State. A Look At Drug Courts In West Virginia The traditional criminal justice system often produces poor outcomes for drug-addicted offenders,…
A West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy statewide poll shows seventy percent of West Virginians are willing to pay more in taxes to protect funding for education, public safety, and roads and bridges. Read the story here. Continued cuts to vital services citizens use daily will cause even further harm to our communities and state's…
Earlier this week the Census Bureau released its annual state population estimates. The data showed West Virginia losing an estimated 9,951 residents from July 2015 to July 2016, making West Virginia one of only eight states to lose population in the past year. Digging deeper into the data sheds a little more light on the…
Recent data shows that West Virginia's economy remains sluggish. While nonfarm employment grew by a little over 10,000 jobs in November, this was almost entirely driven largely by a huge jump in local government employment from temporary hiring of election workers. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, personal income growth in West Virginia grew…