Bend cost curve down – ha! Medicaid up 18%, overhead up 11%, overall up 5.3%
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/120315-783666-spending-and-overhead-costs-explode-under-obamacare.htm
#CoOp flops, past proposals to cut Medicaid reimbursement rate show money from Washington is not reliable
http://trib.com/opinion/columns/medicaid-expansion-is-the-opposite-of-fiscal-prudence/article_25764da3-aa71-5876-86f0-e7e954c8171d.html
Senate maneuvering to gut Medicaid expansion shows money from Washington is not reliable
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/republicans-considering-medicaid-repeal/article/2577323
Kentucky Medicaid expansion has not produced jobs as predicted; in fact, healthcare jobs DOWN by thousands
http://www.wdrb.com/story/30603715/kentucky-medicaid-expansion-has-not-produced-jobs-beshear-claims
Medicaid expansion financed by $716B chop to Medicare. Why take from grandma to give to 28yo living in her basement?
http://trib.com/opinion/columns/medicaid-expansion-is-the-opposite-of-fiscal-prudence/article_25764da3-aa71-5876-86f0-e7e954c8171d.html
Medicaid expansion match rate is 100% for able-bodied adults but only half for indigents – what sense does that make?
http://trib.com/opinion/columns/medicaid-expansion-is-the-opposite-of-fiscal-prudence/article_25764da3-aa71-5876-86f0-e7e954c8171d.html
Virginia hospital finances improving, completely undercutting case for Medicaid expansion
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151125/NEWS/151129923
Editorial eviscerates Virginia hospital association’s claims of poverty (and, thus, need for Medicaid expansion)
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/article_65a0cc96-3f0d-5059-8651-31539013b861.html
If states want to bail out hospitals, they should do it directly with state funds, not Medicaid expansion
http://trib.com/opinion/columns/medicaid-expansion-is-the-opposite-of-fiscal-prudence/article_25764da3-aa71-5876-86f0-e7e954c8171d.html
Ten convicted of filing false Medicaid claims for mental health services
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/article_299f24e3-a5a3-5311-924b-f7e9780316de.html
Retweet from Virginia state senator Mark Obenshain:
@GovernorVA says he can expand Medicaid at no cost. Who knows, maybe there are GreenTech jobs in Mississippi?
Medi-Cal worse survival rates than insured. Government kills with kindness and phony programs making you think it cares. (h/t Cal Pol Rev)