Posted on 05/27/2010 7:13:38 AM PDT by Thurston_Howell_III
AUSTIN – Texas, which has joined a lawsuit to block the new federal health care law, stands to gain by far the most federal dollars from a rush by poor adults to enroll in Medicaid, a new study shows. Estimates that the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released Wednesday say Texas would reap nearly $53 billion in federal match money, and possibly more, between 2014, when the adults must be enrolled, and 2019. "For a relatively small investment of state dollars, states could see huge returns – with federal dollars covering the bulk of the bill," said Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the commission's parent, the Kaiser Family Foundation.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
"If we use their model and leave out things like the administrative costs and the provider rate increase, then we come up with a similar cost to the state," said Stephanie Goodman of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which runs Medicaid. "We just think they erred in leaving those very real costs out."
“Texas would reap nearly $53 billion in federal match money”
um.........how do you reap money that’s matched? Where do the funds that are being matched come from?
Diane Rowland, a serious Marxist who was also on Hillary’s secret health care task force, trying to lure elderly onto substandard insurance plans so they can be done away with without too much public fanfare...
And ALSO, look for evidence that the Dallas Morning NEws has a fully paid “reporter” position funded by the Kaiser Family Foundation to report this garbage.
$53 billion in federal match money
‘Scuse me for pointing this out but thats MY MONEY.
And his and hers and his and theirs.etc.
What it AIN’T is “federal money”.
It’s all about behavior modification of the Hispanic vote blocks in Texas.
This was not a “study”, it is a political , ideological, and fascist propaganda campaign to agitate the Spanish language media in Texas.
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