Posted on 07/25/2015 1:02:02 PM PDT by Lorianne
More than a dozen states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen enrollments surge way beyond projections, raising concerns that the added costs will strain their budgets when federal aid is scaled back starting in two years.
Some lawmakers warn the price of expanding the health care program for poor and lower-income Americans could mean less money available for other state services, including education.
In Kentucky, for example, enrollments during the 2014 fiscal year were more than double the number projected, with almost 311,000 newly eligible residents signing up. That's greater than what was initially predicted through 2021. As a result, the state revised its Medicaid cost estimate from $33 million to $74 million for the 2017 fiscal year. By 2021, those costs could climb to a projected $363 million.
California has enrolled nearly 2.3 million people so far — almost three times more than the 800,257 the state had anticipated. Enrollment in neighboring Washington more than doubled. Oregon's new enrollments have exceeded estimates by 73 percent.
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1. Wear pajamas.
2. Drink hot chocolate.
3. Talk about how Obamacare is wrecking healthcare.
Wondering if we should feel sorry for the states that decided to take the “easy money” from the Feds?
Oh well, we tried to warn them.
I sure didn’t see this coming. Did anyone else? /s
Called last year, got a hold of a woman that could barely pronounce “insurance”. When I told her I couldn’t afford any of the plans....she told me to sell something. I hung up.
Personally, I’m shocked.
Florida Governor Rick Scott was smart enough eo see this coming and did not opt to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
He was (and still is) trashed by much of the media along with illegal aliens, liberals, socialists, commies and other democrats for taking that position.
Who knew?
Lorianne, does this qualify for “Unexpected” status?
I’m torn. /s
Governor Scotts money came from the medical business so he knew how it operated. I am so glad he opted out. I hope he runs for Rubios Senate seat or some other office once he leaves governorship
Freegards
LEX
Did you have to pay the “shared responsibility tax” also which is total BS??!!
We’ve got the solution here in California. Offer free healthcare, welfare and services to illegals. Offer them protection from the law. Raise the minimum wage to $21. Force the people to cut residential water usage by one third, allow thousands of productive cropland acres to dry up and blow away, bankrupt the farmers, but dump the fresh water into to the sea to protect a bait fish. Pay exorbitant salaries, bennies and pensions to tyrannical unionized government “servants” while declaring the state does not have enough money so we must raise taxes. And for crying out loud, build that $100 billion+ high speed rail! maybe we can use it escape this communist hell hole!
I added UNEXPECTED to the keywords.
Yes, it definitely qualifies for unexpected and unanticipated status.
Thank you for that official ruling. = :^)
The “shared responsibility tax” will soon become one of those payroll taxes we gripe about and politicians use to keep us stirred up.
Obama’s plan is working as designed. Idiot governors.
I live in Ohio, and Governor Kasick (sic) couldn’t resist the chocolate-covered cow patty offered by the government con-artists in Washington. Screw his campaign.
UNEXPECTED! Wow, do I win the internet?
All those Republican governors were right.
Yep. Take it out of my taxes.
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