Obama Proposed Shifting Costs of Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion to the States?

by ~ The Rebel ~ Posted 2012/07/20 06:46:47

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States fear, among other things, that the federal government will shift more of the program’s costs to the states over time, leaving states with an unsustainable spending commitment. It turns out that this fear isn’t merely theoretical. During the “supercommittee” deficit-reduction talks last year, President Obama proposed reducing federal funding for the Medicaid expansion by $100 billion over ten years, with states picking up the difference. No wonder governors from both parties are thinking twice about the program.

“It’s not free,” says Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R.). “You’re still paying it…they’re only going to cover [all of the Medicaid expansion] in the first three years

DS in Oak Ridge NC 2012/07/20 12:09:41

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The policies / politics of the Obama Administration are an elaborate smoke and mirrors deal. Lure States into Federally-funded entitlement programs that represent 'free-money' upfront, but become unsustainable burdens at the State level when the Feds move on to fund newer, bigger ways to redistribute wealth they haven't spent or borrowed yet.

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HarleyCharley 2012/07/20 07:00:42

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that's why they are against it....

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~ The Rebel ~ 2012/07/20 06:47:36

they run out of money, and they underpay hospitals and doctors, and guess what happens? [Doctors] don’t want to take care of you. There’s fewer of them.”

http://bighealthreport.com/40...

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