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States Begin to Face Overwhelming Obamacare Reality
Posted: 2014-05-18
Arizona Freedom Alliance May 16, 2014[Brewer: Take note that conservatives tried to tell you not to do this!!]The Medicaid news is not good.Lots of people signing up? Yes. Is that a good thing? No – it’s bad for poor Americans who need health insurance and bad for taxpay....Yesterday, Indiana’s Mike Pence (R) became the latest governor to move toward expanding his state’s Medicaid program with new federal funding allocated by Obamacare.Pence is trying to advance some consumer-driven reforms, but he will likely end up with more than he bargained for. Heritage expert Nina Owcharenko warns, “As with most new government programs, original estimates are likely not the true full cost.”California is figuring that out. The Los Angeles Times reports that “Enrollment is expected to exceed previous estimates by 1.4 million, and administration officials said it would cost the state $1.2 billion more than originally thought.”That means a lot of states may see budget-busting additions to earlier estimates, which already predicted that expanding Medicaid would be costly:[Editor, again: take note where Arizona falls on the cost scale!!]Read more on The Foundaryhttp://arizonafreedomalliance.ning.com/group/brewer-goes-rogue/forum/topic/show?id=6399857%3ATopic%3A47168&%3Bxg_source=msg&xg_source=msg_mes_network
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