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Mike Pence as Indiana’s Governor refused to expand Medicaid, calling it “the gift of a baby elephant”. The baby has grown up and is eating states out of house and home.
Maine’s Governor refuses voter-approved Medicaid expansion until the state finds a way to pay for it
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/359387-lepage-refuses-medicaid-expansion-despite-ok-from-maine-voters
Credit agencies say Maine’s Medicaid expansion will ruin state’s finances
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/8/mcauliffe-virginia-be-next-state-expand-medicaid/
“Trump Official Says Medicaid Expansion Not Sustainable Without Changes”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-official-says-medicaid-expansion-not-sustainable-without-changes-1510258845
“La. AG says Medicaid expansion has ‘exacerbated’ the state’s opioid crisis” – prescriptions doubled.
http://www.wafb.com/story/36789137/la-ag-says-medicaid-expansion-has-exacerbated-the-states-opioid-crisis
Louisiana Medicaid expansion enrollment continues to blow past projections
http://www.wafb.com/story/36789137/la-ag-says-medicaid-expansion-has-exacerbated-the-states-opioid-crisis
26 states added benefits to their Medicaid programs in FY17; only possible b/c of federal deficit spending
https://khn.org/news/despite-gop-efforts-to-corral-medicaid-spending-states-expand-benefits/
Massachusetts hits the wall; Medicaid expansion boosted program costs to 40% of state budget; looking for cuts
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/massachusetts-shows-rationing-is-inevitable-when-government-is-in-charge-of-healthcare/article/2638176
Iowa Medicaid hits the wall, wins reprieve from retroactive eligibility.
https://www.axios.com/iowa-is-changing-a-core-medicaid-element-2504401915.html
Politicians who make their careers giving away Other People’s Money – lock them up!
Provider leaves Iowa’s wunderbar managed Medicaid program, says state low-balled the costs
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/cms-chip/amerihealth-caritas-exits-iowa-s-managed-care-program-maine-to-vote-medicaid-expansion
600,000 disabled stuck on waiting lists as Medicaid expansion’s able-bodied childless adults waltz right in
http://thefga.org/solution/welfare-reform/stop-medicaid-expansion/
New Mexico scrambling to find at least $50 million more after Medicaid expansion busts budget
https://www.abqjournal.com/1083062/medicaid-federal-inaction-squeeze-nm-budget.html
Another salami slice toward full Medicaid expansion in Utah. #WrongDirection
http://kuer.org/post/medicaid-expansion-homeless-substance-use-mental-health-approved-utah
“Cover Oregon improperly enrolled 41,400 in Medicaid, owes feds up to $64 million”. More gov’t, please!
http://www.bendbulletin.com/health/5716476-151/oregon-health-agency-owes-federal-government-up-to
Why is it the government’s job to sell health insurance? Where’s that in the Constitution?
Automakers step up sales pitches as government slashes effort … then I woke up
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-insurance/insurers-step-up-pitch-for-obamacare-as-government-slashes-its-effort-idUSKBN1D62G8
Delayed Obamacare health insurance tax to hit middle class families, seniors, small business
https://empowertexans.com/texans-in-dc/stop-obamacare-tax-health-insurance/
“Obamacare customers look for alternatives” – off-exchange, short-term, health sharing ministries, etc.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacare-customers-look-for-alternatives/article/2639339
“Under Obamacare, Premium Growth Continues To Outpace Rise In Worker Wages”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/10/31/under-obamacare-premium-growth-continues-to-outpace-rise-in-worker-wages/#2b1cb2c34243
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64 yr old couple, $65k income, above subsidy cut off, $49,000/yr premiums for Silver, in Laramie, WY. Quote from http://HealthCare.gov
OCTS: Who ever dreamed they would see a $50,000 Obamacare plan? The cheerleaders have some explaining to do. #ItsNotWorking
Deconstructing the Single Payer Narrative (tweets & analysis) –
http://www.liberato.us/single-payer.html
REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!
– end the individual mandate
– return Medicaid to a poverty program (100% FPL)
– legalize true catastrophic insurance
END THE OBAMACARE CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION!