Posted on 10/25/2013 7:10:07 PM PDT by tobyhill
While virtually all the ObamaCare focus is trained on the program's dysfunctional website, another problem could be emerging -- in states where individuals are able to sign up, far more are enrolling in Medicaid than private plans.
For now, the statistics are spotty. The Obama administration still hasn't provided figures on how many people have successfully enrolled through the federally run exchanges. Some, but not all, states have provided their own relatively up-to-date figures.
But for those that have, the lopsided numbers show Medicaid is getting the lion's share of enrollees.
In Washington state, more than 35,000 people have signed up for coverage since Oct. 1. Of them, just 4,500 went into private plans. Roughly 31,000 signed up for Medicaid -- with coverage kicking in sometime between now and Jan. 1.
The director of the state's Health Care Authority said they were "pleased by the strong response of Medicaid-eligible residents."
But the imbalance -- if it does not even out in the months to come -- could create problems for private insurance companies which are relying on a major influx of new and healthy customers to make the system hum.
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That’s the idea. Single payer healthcare. Medicaid is the door that will open to it.
They think it’s bad now, wait until the buffoons on da Hill pass their Freeway to Amnesty bill. It’s all over. 50 million Mexican Nationals are going to cost us mucho dinero.
These people have a printing press, and they know how to use it. I don’t believe they have any concern about additional people signing up for Medicaid. It only guarantees them more Democrat votes in future elections, which has been their goal all along.
Exactly. And now these people will be asked to vote absentee, wrecking to the core our electoral system.
This is incorrect unless you only count the private plan enrollees who have paid for their plans over two months in advance. Who pays for things before the bill is due?
The more reasonable count shows more people having enrolled in non-Medicaid plans than in Medicaid, but not yet paid, by a small margin.
at some point the dollar will crash and it all will come to a halt.
Speed doesn’t kill, it’s the sudden stops that’ll get ya.
They are simply picking up speed to the crash.
Isn’t Medicaid already about broke?
How can it withstand this surge?
Relax....we can just tax the rich.
Oh, by the way, congratulations. You are now considered rich!
They are simply picking up speed to the crash.
I heard this on Lou Dobbs earlier.
But I don’t understand if people’s income is low enough to qualify for Medicaid why weren’t they sighned up before? What am I missing?
Like clockwork
The ACA includes a Medicare expansion. More people are now eligible that were not before.
Medicaid that is.....
I thought medicaid was state and medicare federal?
Isn’t it better going to the state level?
Yeah, if Rush lost so much of his wealth to be forced into Medicaid, we’d all be screwed :-D
“The ACA includes a Medicare expansion. More people are now eligible that were not before.”
Plus many uninsured low income people who can’t afford insurance likely fear being in violation of the new law if they don’t sign up for Medicaid and remain uninsured.
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