1. Gov. Dannel Malloy and the Connecticut General Assembly have not closed a budget shortfall of about $5 billion over the next two years,
A thread on Trump, Comey, the American Health Care Act and what all this is going to do to the states if Congressional Republicans succeed.
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2. but they are getting close. If and when they do, however, the real work will need to begin.
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3. Mitch McConnell put a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act under fast-track consideration Wednesday.
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4. Called the American Health Care Act, the measure narrowly passed the House last month.
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5. It is unlikely to pass the Senate w/o major changes, but the lesson is clear: Contrary to popular belief, this thing could really happen.
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6. Few thought it would in March after House Republicans failed to get their act together.
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7. Many thought replacing Obamacare was unlikely, because Trump’s campaign staff is under investigation for possible ties to Russia.
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8. Many were skeptical for other reason: the president fired the man principally responsible for leading that investigation, James Comey.
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9. The ex-FBI director is set to testify to Congress Thursday. He released a statement suggesting Trump engaged in obstruction of justice.
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10. U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, said Tuesday that his staff had begun drafting articles of impeachment.
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11. And yet here we are.
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12. I suspect the last thing CT lawmakers want to do is figure out where another $8 billion is going to come from if Republicans succeed
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13. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut’ junior senator, estimated that $8B is abt how much would be lost in Medicaid funding over 10 years.
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14. Nationally, about 2M Americans could go without health insurance. More than 110K Connecticut residents get coverage under Obamacare.
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15. State lawmakers know something big is coming, and they are getting a taste of the immense challenge ahead.
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16. The state Senate passed a measure unanimously Friday to require insurance companies to provide coverage to women and children.
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17. Again, this was unanimous, but the governor took umbrage with the measure, saying lawmakers were making demands of insurance companies
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18. just as insurance companies, like Aetna, are shopping around for states more amenable to their needs.
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19. Not only is the Trump WH fielding a firestorm, but it has forced insurance companies to pull out of state health insurance exchanges.
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20. Anthem announced this week it was leaving Ohio.
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