Top Tweets – Bad Week for Medicaid Expansion

Study: Medicaid expansion reduced employment in the many states that participated in it
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/obamacare-reduced-employment-and-shrank-economy

Kasich’s reform package goes down in flames; his Medicaid expansion guarantees state budget woes ahead
https://morningconsult.com/alert/administration-rejects-ohios-plan-overhaul-medicaid/

Medicaid improper payment total hits ONE TRILLION DOLLARS; problem getting worse
http://www.mcknights.com/news/cms-outlines-solutions-for-pervasive-improper-medicaid-payments/article/519783/

CBO: price tag for Medicaid expansion this year is $64 billion. Taxpayers on the hook.
http://blog.independent.org/2016/09/06/medicaid-expansion-and-obamacare-premiums/

BCBS to cover insurerless Az county, but jacks up rates 50% and drops a different county
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/07/arizonas-blue-cross-reverses-obamacare-exit.html

Maine co-op leaves New Hampshire market; having financial issues, claims higher than expected
https://morningconsult.com/alert/maine-insurance-co-op-pull-nh-market/

Including off-exchange, “About half the individual health insurance market is subsidized and half is not.”
http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/2016/09/detailed-obamacare-blue-cross.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HealthCarePolicyAndMarketplaceBlog+%28Health+Care+Policy+and+Marketplace+Blog%29

CMMI runs amok: reducing payments for chemo, running demo covering 75% of the country, bypassing testing.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/439752/obamacare-executive-overreach-congress-investigates-cmmi

“Gallup Poll: More Than Half of Americans Disapprove of Obamacare”; more say it has hurt them
https://morningconsult.com/alert/gallup-poll-half-americans-disapprove-obamacare/

‘You’ll save $2,500’. That’s what you sold us. That’s what you promised. That’s what you’re responsible for. And, no, we won’t forget.

 

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