The newspapers say the 30,000+ moms, babies and disabled have been thrown off Medicaid in GA when they had contracts with GA to received Mecdicaid. Should we apply welfare to the rich and welfare to the poor equally? Of course, the reality is that one group has a better set of lawyers.
It’s not a question of welfare. It’s a question of performance to an agreement. The insurers would not have offered that insurance at that price for that period of time without the inducement.
Medicaid is something else, and people come on and off it all the time based on their specific situation and the rules governing it at the time they intend to receive it. We wouldn’t go back and send bills to everyone who received Medicaid last year if we change the qualifications for it this year.