[SouthernFreebird]

I fail to see how putting people to work increases medicaid. If they qualify for medicaid while working you can bet they also qualified while not working.

I've worked many locally owned places where my children still qualified for medicaid.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The thing is, there shouldn't be a Medicaid anyway. If there wasn't a Medicaid (and a SS or Medicare) Wal-Mart or various third-party companies would be offering their own health plans for low-income or disabled folks. Wal-Mart is only doing what any other capitalist does - take advantage of the system in order to cut your costs and create more profit. Hey, it isn't Wal-Mart's fault that stupid politicians promise "the poor" the moon and stars that Medicaid would be there for them regardless if states racked up huge budget deficits.

Phase-out Medicaid and the problem would solve itself virtually overnight.