Testimony on House Bill 4714, Accept Obamacare Medicaid Expansion June 11, 2013 Jack McHugh, Mackinac Center Senior Legislative Analyst Back in … is highly vulnerable, but will become less so if Michigan approves the Medicaid expansion. Here’s what that means, given that Obamacare can’t be repealed …
States have seen Medicaid costs skyrocket over the last decade … comes from the Center for Medicaid Services, which last week … federal guidance for the Medicaid program, which includes giving … greater flexibility in their Medicaid programs. Take Michigan, … conversations about Michigan’s rising Medicaid expansion costs, which will …
… 1965, Congress created the Medicaid program to pay for medical … by the federal government, Medicaid is administered by the states, … number of people covered by Medicaid in Michigan and the program’s … program.) The number of Medicaid participants increased from … Lawmakers deliberately expanded Medicaid coverage to residents with …
… 18, 2013, ran an op-ed on Medicaid expansion in Michigan by … Ideas forum on Obamacare and Medicaid held in Lansing the same … about her experience with Medicaid, America's government-run … dollar we spend caring for Medicaid patients," she said. "It … don't even bother to bill Medicaid for our costs." In Michigan, …
… voted to accept the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in 2013, it was … poverty level would enroll in Medicaid. The actual number turned … people in the able-bodied Medicaid expansion population do not … the number of able-bodied Medicaid expansion clients who are … 4,641,000. Traditionally, Medicaid has provided health care …
… legislatures into expanding state Medicaid eligibility and spending … expansion. (It’s worth noting that Medicaid is the primary driver of … law’s (optional for states) Medicaid expansion may not be worth … promised level of future federal Medicaid cost sharing if doing so … State’s expansion of the Medicaid program at a higher level …
… Bill 4714, which will expand Medicaid in Michigan. Now, Gov. Rick … measure, can sign it into law. Medicaid expansion was the key issue … should all remember that Medicaid does not offer the best option … McBroom said.” I've been on Medicaid and so have members of my … insinuation that providing Medicaid to the expanded population …
… vote on the expansion of Medicaid in Michigan. On Wednesday, … sending a bill that would allow Medicaid expansion to the House floor … Shirkey said once he researched Medicaid expansion, there were several … expensive it will be. He said Medicaid expansion addressed uncompensated … "extreme uncertainty" if Medicaid expansion wasn't an option, …
Julie Henry has been on and off Michigan Medicaid for more than 20 years. She talks about the difficulty in finding a doctor who will accept Medicaid and why it routinely forces her into the emergency room.
Avik Roy, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, describes the current state of Medicaid and the consequences of expanding it.