The Secret Republican Plan to Unravel Medicaid

[raccoon]

The Secret Republican Plan to Unravel Medicaid
Published on Saturday, June 24, 2017
by Robert Reich

Bad enough that the Republican Senate bill would repeal much of the Affordable Care Act. Even worse, it unravels the Medicaid Act of 1965 – which, even before Obamacare, provided health insurance to millions of poor households and elderly…

Here’s how the Senate Republican bill does it. The bill sets a per-person cap on Medicaid spending in each state. That cap looks innocent enough because it rises every year with inflation. Starting 8 years from now, in 2025, the Senate bill switches its measure of inflation – from how rapidly medical costs are rising, to how rapidly overall costs in the economy are rising.

Yet medical costs are rising faster than overall costs. They’ll almost surely continue to do so – as America’s elderly population grows, and as new medical devices, technologies, and drugs prolong life. Which means that after 2025, Medicaid will cover less and less of the costs of health care for the poor and elderly. Over the long term, Medicaid will unravel.

Now, McConnell and his Senate Republican colleagues think they’ve found a way to unravel Medicaid without anyone noticing. Don’t be fooled. Spread the word.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/06/24/secret-republican-plan-unravel-medicaid

[blue-wave]

1. If They Are Doing It Behind

closed doors, it's not good for any of us.

[Moostache]

2. This is evil, pure and simple.

These sons of bitches are getting tatooed to my arm - every cocksucker that votes for it - and I will have them crossed off like a list as they die with the goal of being they only get crossed off AFTER I piss on their graves...FUCK these amoral asshats.