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Tuesday, June 05, 2018

The New Health Care Option Some States Might Offer: Medicaid -- for Sale

More than a dozen states either have or are still considering the idea of letting people buy Medicaid -- regardless of how much money they make.

Medicaid, as we know it, is the nation's government-run health care program for the poor. You have to make below a certain amount of money to qualify for it, and it's free for most. But what if people -- regardless of their income -- could buy a Medicaid plan?

That idea is gaining popularity among state lawmakers. Last year, a "Medicaid buy-in" or "Medicaid-for-all" bill made it as far as the governor's desk in Nevada. Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed it, but it inspired similar efforts around the country.

Six states -- Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey and Washington state -- have active legislation to establish a Medicaid buy-in program. In four others, bills were proposed but stalled. New Mexico has set up a task force to study a Medicaid buy-in program, and Connecticut may do the same.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

No sense in not looking at common sense ideas any more. It didn't work work for Obama. We learn from history, Right?

Anonymous said...

Oh they are doing a soft release on the single payer scheme.

Anonymous said...

This IS the single payer scheme! Just say no.

It was all cheaper before Obamacare hired 15,000 plus new administrators to run an already working system. Let's go back to that first, then decide a next step.

Anonymous said...

How did obama earn 14 million while being The "dictator" president?