I’m sure most of you already know this, but Medicaid expansion–a critical component of Obamacare–is an abject disaster. In Virginia, almost a quarter of doctors aren’t accepting new Medicaid recipients–and those already enrolled into this government-run health care program experienced no improvement in care.
So, how is this a good blueprint for the rest of the country? Well, as you know, it isn’t–and the figures get worse regarding who is actually receiving care under this government program. As the Foundation for Government Accountabilityreiterated during their conference in June, there are still a lot of misconceptions about Medicaid expansion.
For starters, let’s go over the talking points (again).
First, it’s not “free money;” the federal debt is projected to grow over $26 trillion dollars over the next decade.
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this entire thing is a train wreck. Our GDP grew last quarter because of forced medical spending. Did anyone really think this was going to help? The only thing this helped was the people that did not have insurance. Now the rest of us working folks need to pay that for them also.
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