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Beware: Medicaid Beneficiary Clawbacks

As a consequence of Obamacare, states have announced they’ll be making much greater use of rules (Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, aka ‘MERP’) allowing them to recover the cost of Medicaid patients’ care (including services, prescriptions, and hospitalizations) from their estates. … Continue reading

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Mandatory Medicaid – Senator’s Son Automatically Enrolled

Comment: Per the ACA’s section 1311, many people who go to the exchanges expecting to buy insurance will unexpectedly find themselves automatically enrolled in Medicaid. “I actually tried to get my son signed up through the Kentucky exchange, you know, … Continue reading

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Hospitals Will Lose, Not Gain, Under Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Comment: Here’s a hard question Medicaid expansion supporters can’t answer: Isn’t it true that hospitals lose money on every Medicaid patient that comes in the door?  Why, then, do hospitals think it makes sense to expand the program?  Do they really expect to … Continue reading

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Oregon Study: Medicaid Can’t Justify Its Existence

Comment: This study is giving Obamacare supporters fits. They are pushing to expand Medicaid, but the dirty little secret is that Medicaid recipients are no better off in terms of health outcomes than people without insurance. And herding millions more … Continue reading

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Report from the Front Lines: Obama Administration Squeezing Free Charity Care

Comment: The Progressives penchant for shutting down private activity and running everything through government is just insane. Now doctors are being told in effect they can’t provide free charity care without registering with Medicaid. The doctor asks in her story … Continue reading

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Mandatory Medicaid Coming

Comment: Remember when the President said if you like your health plan, you can keep it? The insanity continues as millions of people above the poverty line are going to be forced into a badly managed program for the poor … Continue reading

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Unsustainable Medicaid Expansion Would Exceed Third of Population

“The expansion of Medicaid required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will drive state Medicaid expenditures beyond sustainable limits, a joint study released today by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) and the Cato Institute projects. The … Continue reading

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Defunding Possibilities Are Narrow But Crucial

Most of the spending in Obamacare falls under the general rubric of “entitlements.” Entitlement spending on social programs is “mandatory” in federal budget parlance (as distinct from federal agency appropriations budgets, which are termed “discretionary”). Obamacare’s health insurance subsidies and … Continue reading

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Mississippi Rejects Medicaid Expansion

Obamacare attempted to transform Medicaid from a poverty program into a creeping middle-class entitlement by setting eligibility far above the poverty line. But the Supreme Court ruled in June that states don’t have to play along. Medicaid was already bankrupting … Continue reading

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Middle-Class Medicaid Expansion Catastrophic for the Poor

Do you care about the poor? You need to read this: “One of the most tragic failings of ObamaCare is that it will make it harder for many of the most vulnerable citizens – patients with no option but Medicaid … Continue reading

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