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Canceling Coverage Protects Nobody
The Cost of "KennedyCare" (S. 6)
-- Nationwide and Selected States--
Democrats have refused a dozen Republican offers to consider patients' rights legislation. Next week, the Senate will debate the bill Democrats backed for two years: S. 6, the "Patients' Bill of Rights Act" sponsored by Senators Daschle and Kennedy.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates this bill will increase private health insurance premiums 6.1 percent above inflation. Data from the Barents Group, an economic consulting firm, reveal an increase of this magnitude will impose hundreds of dollars in hidden taxes on families, eliminate jobs, and cancel the health coverage of millions.
What Would the Kennedy Bill (S. 6) Mean for Your State?
Lost wages per household (1999) Jobs lost (by 2003)
Additional uninsured (1999) Nationwide $207 194,041 1,921,693 Arizona $167 n/a 34,194 California $232 22,387 271,927 Colorado $203 2,989 32,384 Delaware $236 n/a 4,953 Florida $178 14,884 106,649 Georgia $211 6,405 49,653 Illinois $207 7,991 89,147 Iowa $152 n/a 17,541 Kentucky $190 n/a 30,095 Maryland $227 n/a 45,036 Massachusetts $260 n/a 43,711 Lost wages per household (1999) Jobs lost (by 2003)
Additional uninsured (1999) Michigan $200 n/a 58,852 Minnesota $181 n/a 36,315 Missouri $198 4,880 45,648 Nevada $151 n/a 15,498 New Hampshire $192 n/a 6,237 New Jersey $247 4,880 60,847 New Mexico $165 n/a 10,237 New York $270 10,980 118,091 North Carolina $174 5,490 42,903 Ohio $212 9,455 82,829 Oklahoma $150 2,318 22,941 Oregon $160 n/a 28,585 Pennsylvania $233 7,503 73,687 Rhode Island $193 n/a 7,911 South Carolina $208 n/a 24,587 Tennessee $108 n/a 20,872 Texas $200 13,481 123,712 Vermont $136 n/a 1,934 Virginia $194 n/a 44,062 Washington $179 5,063 50,507 Wisconsin $191 n/a 42,595
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