New poverty definition will cut health benefits for millions

After 10 years, the change would result in:

• Over a quarter million seniors and people with disabilities will lose their eligibility for Medicare Part D’s low-income subsidy program or receive minimal assistance.
• More than 150 thousand seniors or people with disabilities will lose assistance with their Medicare premiums.
• 300 thousand children will not be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP coverage.
• Another quarter million people will lose the coverage they gained through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion.
• More than 150 thousand ACA exchange enrollees will lose all or most of their cost-sharing assistance.
• Tens of thousands of ACA enrollees will lose their premium subsidies, and millions will receive much smaller subsidies.