Tuesday, February 18, 2014

MEDICAID - States' Alternative to ACA Required Expansion

Bet the private health insurance industry likes this one.  MORE MONEY!

As for Arkansas conservatives (read Republicans) they continue to show that keeping their citizens healthy is not cost-effective.  There's a cost ceiling to keeping citizens healthy, totally immoral and unethical.

"Private alternative to Medicaid expansion faces crucial vote in Arkansas" PBS Newshour 2/17/2014

Excerpt

JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  Ever since the Supreme Court ruled that states do not have to expand Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, there have been big battles over that issue.

One bipartisan alternative has emerged in Arkansas that appeals to some other red states as well, most recently Virginia.  It allows Medicaid dollars to be used to buy private insurance for low-income residents.

But now the Arkansas program is facing a crucial vote in the state Senate this week and its fate may be jeopardized.

Hari Sreenivasan has our story.

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