The RoanokeSlant

This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.com

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

 

Why Hasn’t Virginia Expanded Medicaid?

-
Roanoke Times, 6-23-2015, Pg 4:  Va. did not expand Medicaid; saw a minimal decline in uninsured from 2013 to 2014.
ObamaCare made a negligible change in the uninsured in Virginia.
-
Not one word or number of what Medicaid costs now no less what massive expansion would cost nor the tax increases to pay for that or the impacts to taxpayers or the economy.
-
Why doesn’t Virginia just expand Medicaid?  Just do it!
-
1  Over the last 5-7 years the current Medicaid program has grown from 13% of the state budget to 22%, thus crowding out spending on other core services such as K-12, higher education, public safety, and other health and human services.
-
2  In the 2014-2016 biennium budget Virginia had to put up $762 Million additional dollars for the current Medicaid program, that is $386 Million per year. In other words current Medicaid is growing due to greater utilization and costs. This trend to take a larger and larger share cannot be continued without reducing or holding steady other services unless revenue increases under the current tax structure, or taxes are raised. 
-
"Estimates for adopting Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion show it will cost Virginia taxpayers $902 million through 2022,"
http://www.theunitedpatriot.com/ron-paul-group-says-medicaid-expansion-will-cost-virginia-taxpayers-902-million
-
ObamaCare Insured are discovering that Health Insurance is not Health Care!
People who have spent their money on Insurance with high co-pays and deductibles cannot afford to go to a doctor – therefore—they are still going to emergency rooms.
Three-quarters of emergency physicians say they've seen ER patient visits surge since Obamacare took effect — just the opposite of what many Americans expected would happen.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/04/emergency-room-visits-rise-under-affordable-care-act/26625571/
-
Obama has carried out a war against private industry, free enterprise and small business job creation that has resulted in the most anemic economic recovery in a century.
The ObamaEconomy has failed the American people resulting in massive debt,  under-employment, long term unemployment and anemic 29 hour per week jobs.  These economic failures have been used by Obama to justify major socialistic programs of dependency and entitlement.
-
All this Socialism and expanded entitlements reminds us of Margaret Thatcher’s quote:
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

-
-
-
National Bankruptcies
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/06/national-bankruptcies-neither-borrower.html
-
ObamaCare: The Train Wreck Continues Into 2015 And Beyond
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/01/obamacare-train-wreck-continues-into.html
-
ObamaCare: More Deceit That We Can Believe In
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/09/obamacare-more-deceit-that-we-can.html
-
Obama: "You Didn't Build That!"
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/08/presidents-speech-taken-at-face-value.html

-




<< Home

Archives

February 2005   March 2005   April 2005   May 2005   June 2005   July 2005   August 2005   September 2005   October 2005   November 2005   December 2005   January 2006   February 2006   March 2006   April 2006   May 2006   June 2006   July 2006   August 2006   September 2006   October 2006   November 2006   December 2006   January 2007   February 2007   March 2007   April 2007   May 2007   June 2007   July 2007   August 2007   September 2007   October 2007   November 2007   December 2007   January 2008   February 2008   March 2008   April 2008   May 2008   June 2008   July 2008   August 2008   September 2008   October 2008   November 2008   December 2008   January 2009   February 2009   March 2009   April 2009   May 2009   June 2009   July 2009   August 2009   September 2009   October 2009   November 2009   December 2009   January 2010   February 2010   March 2010   April 2010   May 2010   June 2010   July 2010   August 2010   September 2010   October 2010   November 2010   December 2010   January 2011   February 2011   March 2011   April 2011   May 2011   June 2011   July 2011   August 2011   September 2011   October 2011   November 2011   December 2011   January 2012   February 2012   March 2012   April 2012   May 2012   June 2012   July 2012   August 2012   September 2012   October 2012   November 2012   December 2012   January 2013   February 2013   March 2013   April 2013   May 2013   June 2013   July 2013   August 2013   September 2013   October 2013   November 2013   December 2013   January 2014   February 2014   March 2014   April 2014   May 2014   June 2014   July 2014   August 2014   September 2014   October 2014   November 2014   December 2014   January 2015   February 2015   March 2015   April 2015   May 2015   June 2015   July 2015   August 2015   September 2015   October 2015   November 2015   December 2015   January 2016   February 2016   March 2016   April 2016   May 2016   June 2016   July 2016   August 2016   September 2016   October 2016   November 2016   December 2016   January 2017   February 2017   March 2017   April 2017   May 2017   June 2017   July 2017   August 2017   September 2017   October 2017   November 2017   December 2017   January 2018   February 2018   March 2018   April 2018   May 2018   June 2018   July 2018   August 2018   September 2018   October 2018   November 2018   December 2018   January 2019   February 2019   March 2019   April 2019   May 2019   June 2019   July 2019   August 2019   September 2019   October 2019   November 2019   December 2019   January 2020   February 2020   March 2020   April 2020   May 2020   June 2020   July 2020   August 2020   September 2020   October 2020   November 2020   December 2020   January 2021   February 2021   March 2021   April 2021   May 2021   June 2021   July 2021   August 2021   September 2021   October 2021   November 2021   December 2021   January 2022   February 2022   March 2022   April 2022   May 2022   June 2022   July 2022   August 2022   September 2022   October 2022   November 2022   December 2022   January 2023   February 2023   March 2023   April 2023   May 2023   June 2023   July 2023   August 2023   September 2023   October 2023   November 2023   December 2023   January 2024   February 2024   March 2024  

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?