This week Gov. Roy Cooper released his budget recommendations for the current fiscal year that started July 1. Because the state hasn’t passed an actual budget bill since FY ... Keep Reading
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Cooper administration keeps beating the Medicaid Expansion horse
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
The “Monday Numbers” NC Policy Watch Don’t Want You To See
Rob Schofield at NC Policy Watch decided to commemorate Medicaid’s 55th anniversary with “some basic facts” about the program in his “Monday Numbers” column this week. Many of ... Keep Reading
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 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
