Posted on 06/27/2017 1:31:17 PM PDT by Kaslin
File under, ‘only in Washington.’
While Democrats are howling that the Senate’s health care bill would gut Medicaid, a closer look at the numbers shows the legislation actually would increase spending to the safety-net program—by tens of billions of dollars.
According to the latest ‘score’ from the Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid spending would rise from $393 billion in 2017 to $464 billion in 2026—that’s a $71 billion, or 18 percent, increase.
So how are Democrats describing this as a Medicaid cut?
Because even a $71 billion increase is considerably smaller than what taxpayers would see under current law. If nothing changes, the CBO predicts Medicaid spending in 2026 would be a whopping $624 billion.
All told, Medicaid spending under the Senate bill would be roughly $772 billion less over the next decade.
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While everyone now completely ignores that it is wholly unconstitutional on it’s face.
... sailing with a ship of fools.
Medicare and Medicaid spending are unusutaianable.
Bless their hearts...
Lying again!
How about they start by getting obscene pharmaceutical profits under control? They could do that by (1) getting out of health care subsidies and (2) not forcing insurance on folks who don't want it.
grrrrrr......
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