Hold On To Your Wallets: Obamacare Would Increase Medicaid Eligibility In 10 States By More Than 50%

Proof • October 9, 2009

And by more than 30% in 33 states. From Heritage:

Nevada, Montana and Texas soon could be home to America’s fastest-growing populations on Medicaid. Health care “reform” bills advancing in the House and Senate would expand Medicaid by making the government-run program available to all adults with incomes at or below 133 percent of the poverty line. The change would dramatically multiply eligible recipients, with 33 states seeing increases of at least 30 percent. Ten states would post jumps of 50 percent or more—including Nevada (82.1%), Montana (80.7%) and Texas (76.9%).

Back in December it was reported that no fewer than 44 states were facing budget shortfalls for this year’s budget. Clearly, our state governments have no more money to throw around than our federal government. Yet, the Democrats are pushing full steam ahead with legislation that would increase dependency on government for health care by double digit rates in ever single state in the union? At rates above 30% in most of the states?
That’s madness. And yet, though I suspect they’d never admit it, most liberals probably see that as a feature of their health care bill and not a bug. After all, their goal in this is more government dependency. That this increase in dependency on the state-run Medicaid programs would, in turn, create more state dependency on the federal government is just the cherry on top.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

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We’ve got tons of money! Remember hair plugs said we have to spend money to avoid bankruptcy! If we increase Medicaid spending we’ll be sound as a Pound!
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Speaking of medicaid, an enlightening read!: http://malum.org/?p=402
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And so few are informed enough to care about this “great disaster”!
docinky

Another point not seen in the usual discussions and media. If doctors are fleeing Medicare because of reimbursement cuts (not seeing new medicare patients, opting out completely, etc.), just wait for the fleeing from medicaid. Many practices do not accept medicaid at all due to even lower reimbursements and more hassles/hurdles to patient care and fair payment than even medicare. Much of this is also state dependant. Some states will pay only 16% of M’care rates for services rendered – especially procedures. Most states routinely have their M’caid products pay 80% of M’care rates at best.

If a practice cannot stay open on M’care reimbursement, it certaily cannot on M’caid. There will be more people on M’caid, with no doctors to take care of them.

We would be better with price transparency, no middle man intermediaries, and patient responsibility to pay for services rendered. Health insurance should be for catastrophics, not routine services and unneccesary mandated coverages.

Just wait…..
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With this medicaid eligibility increase virtually anybody that needs medical care can get it at no cost to them. So tell me again, Democrat congress critter why we need to nationalize healthcare.

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