On August 4, Missouri became the latest state where voters chose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, approving the measure in a ballot referendum conducted concurrently with the ... Keep Reading
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Expanding Medicaid puts those most at-need at risk
As of December 2018, over 2 million North Carolinians were enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program. That’s approximately 1 out of every 5 people in the state. Some want the ... Keep Reading
More Lockdown Fallout: Medicaid
The victims of the statewide and nationwide lockdowns in response to COVID-19 are legion: deaths of despair (i.e. suicide, substance abuse), avoidable deaths due to a lack of ... Keep Reading
New Study: Medicaid Expansion does not create jobs or boost hospital finances
A February study released by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) lays waste to the claims by Medicaid expansion advocates that expansion would translate into an ... Keep Reading
What the N&O continues to ignore about Medicaid expansion
The News & Observer earlier this week took the opportunity of Kansas' decision to expand Medicaid to once again browbeat anybody opposing expansion in North Carolina. The ... Keep Reading
Warning from New York: ‘Exploding’ Medicaid costs fueling massive budget deficit
The New York Post reports this week that the state of New York is facing a massive budget hole of roughly $6 billion. The biggest cause? Exploding costs in New York’s popular ... Keep Reading
New Research: Thanks Largely to Expansion, Medicaid Fraud Likely to Exceed $75 Billion
"Twenty percent or more of Medicaid spending in 2019—an amount likely to exceed $75 billion—is improper. Before ObamaCare, the Medicaid improper-payment rate was 6%." That's the ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Transformation: Another victim of budget veto standoff
An overhaul of North Carolina's Medicaid system, approved years ago and weeks into enrollment, is being postponed indefinitely because funding for it was vetoed by Gov. ... Keep Reading
Medicaid expansion – A silver bullet for rural hospitals?
Advocates claim that Medicaid expansion will save rural hospitals They point to data showing non-expansion states have the most rural hospital closures But rural hospitals ... Keep Reading
Hong Kong, Medicaid expansion, and Halloween costumes gone wrong
From, ahem..."memorable" Halloween costumes (looking at you Lumberjack Leah and Terrorist Ray) to the unfolding drama in Hong Kong and political prognostications for the 2020 ... Keep Reading