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Jonathan Gruber ponders what we’ve learned about the stupidity of the American voter after 10 years of Obamacare; touts increased coverage which was never more than about half of what he predicted.
https://www.nber.org/papers/w25932#fromrss
Medicaid expansion blowing up Nevada state budget, as another state finds out that taking ‘free’ money from Washington threatens education, infrastructure, and other state spending priorities
https://www.recordcourier.com/opinion/nevadas-medicaid-budget-ballooning/
It’s funny to see liberals worry about high Medicaid spending and how it squeezes other state spending priorities like education and infrastructure. #ToldYouSo
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/3/18650609/health-care-medicaid-expansion-recession
Concern about cost sinks Medicaid expansion in Alabama and North Carolina for now
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/north-carolina-senate-rejects-medicaid-expansion
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https://www.al.com/news/2019/05/where-do-we-find-the-money-once-again-medicaid-expansion-stalls-in-alabama.html
Medicaid expansion would be a disaster for North Carolina; the state would “need to reduce provider payments, divert resources from other important parts of the budget … or greatly increase taxes.”
https://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2019/06/10/heartland-institute-reject-the-push-for-medicaid-expansion-jlfs-jordan-roberts-medicaid-expansion-for-the-heartland-institute/
Medicaid expansion states show consistent pattern of higher enrollment and expenditures than projected – makes one wonder whether expansion supporters deliberately low-balled the cost
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2019/05/medicaid-expansionists-should-know-no-free-lunch-from-debt-ridden-federal-government/
Republicans block Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin because intended beneficiaries already qualify for highly-subsidized Obamacare plans
https://www.cbs58.com/news/republicans-stand-by-rejection-of-medicaid-expansion
Medicaid expansion crowding out private insurance in Louisiana. #ToldYouSo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaid-expansion-has-louisianans-dropping-their-private-plans-11559944048
Another Republican who voted for Medicaid expansion in Virginia gets voted out
https://www.thecentersquare.com/virginia/virginia-republican-who-backed-medicaid-expansion-loses-to-primary-challenger/article_26765a30-8d10-11e9-9b3d-ff201ebdaf92.html
Psychiatrist participation in Medicaid declined after Medicaid expansion. #MedicaidAccessProblems
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/914006
California moves closer to giving free Medicaid health benefits to illegal aliens (and the rest of us U.S. taxpayers are just supposed to support this recklessness?)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/california-budget-medicaid-undocumented-immigrants/index.html
Self-interested healthcare unions and Planned Parenthood behind Medicaid expansion push in Florida. #FollowTheMoney
https://www.wmfe.org/medicaid-for-more-constitutional-amendment-gets-enough-signatures-for-legal-review/113930
Deconstructing the Single Payer Narrative (tweets & analysis) –
http://www.liberato.us/single-payer.html
REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!
– legalize true catastrophic insurance
– return Medicaid to a poverty program
END THE OBAMACARE CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION!