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October 25, 2016 Be Smart Don't Expand Medicaid Obamacare required states to expand their Medicaid programs, but the...

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October 25, 2016

Be Smart Don't Expand Medicaid Obamacare required states to expand their Medicaid programs, but the Supreme Court declared the mandate unconstitutional and nearly half the states refused to expand Medicaid. They were the smart ones. The average cost of enrollees under the expansion was almost 50% higher in 2015 than projected the year before. The government predicted about $4,300 per enrollee, but the actual cost was almost $6,400. In addition, Medicaid is rife with improper payments. Last year $29.1 billion ended up in the wrong hands, including $448 million given to 199,000 people with fake social security numbers. Don’t expand Medicaid. “Government Report Finds That ACA Medicaid Enrollees Much More Expensive Than Expected,” Brian Blase, Forbes, July 21, 2016. “ObamaCare’s ‘Improper’ Failure,” Review & Outlook, The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2016.

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