Medicaid Expansion Is Proving to Be a Bad Bargain for States
In The Wall Street Journal, Evelyn Everton and Chris Hudson write that enrollment in the Affordable Care Act's expanded Medicaid program is much higher than anticipated, and is swamping state budgets.
from FB-RSS feed for Stop Obamacare Expansion in Oklahoma http://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaid-expansion-is-proving-to-be-a-bad-bargain-for-states-1446852197
Friday, April 29, 2016
Should we take OHCA at their word on "Medicaid Rebalancing"? Here's what actually happened in states that expanded Medicaid: "California expected 800,000 new enrollees after the state’s 2013 Medicaid expansion, but wound up with 2.3 million. Enrollment outstripped estimates in New Mexico by 44%!,(MISSING) Oregon by 73%!,(MISSING) and Washington state by more than 100%! (MISSING)This has blown holes in state budgets." http://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaid-expansion-is-proving-to-be-a-bad-bargain-
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment