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Ranks of Uninsured would Balloon Under Romney
According to a new report released by Families USA, Wisconsin families buying non-group health insurance on their own in 2016 would pay considerably more under the health proposals offered by presidential candidate Mitt Romney than under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act: $10,044 compared to $6,006.
In addition, Romney’s approach to health care would greatly increase the number of uninsured Wisconsinites, where Obama’s Affordable Care Act would dramatically reduce it.
o In the absence of any health reform, there would be 580,000 uninsured people in Wisconsin in 2016. ObamaCare reduces the number of uninsured in that year by 340,000, but RomneyCandidateCare increases the number of uninsured by 250,000—a differential of 590,000 Wisconsinites;
o In the absence of any health reform, there would be 630,000 uninsured people in Wisconsin in 2022. ObamaCare reduces the number of uninsured in that year by 370,000, but RomneyCandidateCare increases the number of uninsured by 400,000—a differential of 770,000;
o In 2016 and 2022, respectively, there would be 830,000 and 1.0 million Wisconsinites uninsured under RomneyCandidateCare.
“This important report documents that the outcome of the presidential election will have a major impact on whether Wisconsinites have access to affordable health coverage and whether we have the freedom to control our own health care decisions.” said Robert Kraig, Executive Director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin. “Barack Obama has us going in the right direction, making health care more accessible and affordable in Wisconsin, while Mitt Romney would make the health care crisis even worse. The differences between the two candidates on health care are stark. Under Romney’s plan, Wisconsin families who buy insurance on their own would pay over 60% more per year, over half a million more Wisconsinites would lose their health coverage, and Wisconsin seniors on Medicare will pay hundreds of dollars more for prescription drugs,” Kraig concluded.
Health care reform implemented by President Obama helps Medicare beneficiaries that have high prescription drug costs and who fall in the large drug coverage gap called the “doughnut hole.” Currently, as a result of the Affordable Care Act, seniors falling into the doughnut hole receive 50% discounts on their brand-name drugs; and by 2020, the doughnut hole will be completely eliminated.
In 2011, 62,800 Wisconsin Medicare beneficiaries who fell in the doughnut hole received discount help, and that help averaged $645 per person. Again, this and future help for seniors with high drug costs would be eliminated under RomneyCandidateCare.
The full report, “ObamaCare versus RomneyCare versus RomneyCandidateCare,” is available at www.familiesusac4.org/2012-health-care-comparison.
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