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Half of all New Mexicans now on Medicaid and Medicare
Albuquerque Business First ^ | Aug 22, 2014 | Dennis Domrzalski

Posted on 08/23/2014 5:47:02 AM PDT by george76

Since October, 155,000 New Mexico residents have joined the state’s Medicaid rolls, pushing total enrollment to more than 630,000, or nearly a third of the state’s population.

On top of that, 410,000 New Mexicans are enrolled in Medicare, the federal health care program for the elderly. Together, total enrollment in those two federal programs are more than 1 million, or half of the state’s 2.1 million population.

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“It’s shocking, and when you add that to the outmigration of people and the lack of economic growth, it’s almost an incentive to stay poor,” said retired University of New Mexico economics professor Allen Parkman.

Paul Gessing, director of the Rio Grande Foundation, a free-market think tank in Albuquerque, said the Medicaid figure was distressing, especially considering that 20 percent of the state’s population is on food stamps.

“It’s sad, and one of the things we should look at is that a lot of folks in New Mexico would be better off not being here. That’s the harsh reality,” Gessing said.

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Nationally, 59.5 percent of Americans got health insurance through their employers in 2011

(Excerpt) Read more at bizjournals.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: foodstamps; health; healthcare; healthinsurance; insurance; medicaid; medicare; obamacare; welfare
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To: george76

Liberal utopia is to take from the haves and give to the have not so everyone is in need.


21 posted on 08/23/2014 9:08:32 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: george76
Half of all New Mexicans now on Medicaid and Medicare

Which is the same percentage as Old Mexico.

22 posted on 08/23/2014 9:18:59 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: GladesGuru

Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and the Rio Grande Corridor are full of enviro liberals and that is where the majority of the population lives. The east side and west side of the state is mostly conservative with the exception of the reservations. We are outvoted by the progressives.


23 posted on 08/23/2014 9:57:48 AM PDT by nmrancher
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To: george76

Just raise taxes and bring in some illegals. That’s a recipe for success according to democrats.


24 posted on 08/23/2014 11:27:28 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: george76; LegendHasIt; leapfrog0202; Santa Fe_Conservative; DesertDreamer; OneWingedShark; ...
PINGing to catch up on earlier NM stories.

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(The NM list is available on my FR homepage for anyone to use. Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

25 posted on 09/10/2014 12:40:19 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: hal ogen

LIBs are such destructive subhumans.


Yep, “Progressive” = “Oppressive”.


26 posted on 09/10/2014 1:08:59 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: george76

pong


27 posted on 09/10/2014 1:09:58 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: george76

Wow, i’m over 65 and retired, on SS and Medicare, have lived in NM since 1955. I paid SS taxes since I was 15, paid Medicare taxes till I retired. Now I pay the Medicare Premium about $104.00 a month and the deductible and the 20% co-pay. It seems the posters here lump us in the medicaid pile that pay no premium, no deductible, no co-pay and get dental and eye care the elderly who need those 2 most don’t get in Medicare. I do not consider myself as an entitlement moocher or welfare state recipient. I know people still working but within the ACA guidelines and get an ACA premium subsidy where they pay a smaller premium than medicare recipients do. Getting lumped in constantly as some welfare moocher makes you want to turn in your conservative badge.


28 posted on 09/10/2014 1:49:42 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: george76

What about the ‘Old’ Mexicans ???


29 posted on 09/10/2014 4:48:32 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Negotiating with Democrats is like negotiating with Hamas)
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To: Doctor 2Brains
Even Reagan managed to put ABSOLUTELY NO DENT WHATSOEVER in the welfare state. NOT ONE SERIOUS CONTENDER POL, NOT ONE, has ever vigorously pushed for even cutting back on the welfare state.

Maybe Nancy held him back on that, or maybe it was her friend Howard Baker.

30 posted on 09/10/2014 5:30:10 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: redcatcherb412

I think the poster was just saying that most people on Medicare or Medicaid look to government for greater benefits. You are not “most”, however.


31 posted on 09/10/2014 5:31:36 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: GladesGuru

NM used to have higher gasoline prices than TX, but I don’t know if that is still the case. Overall, the state looks much poorer than TX.


32 posted on 09/10/2014 5:33:36 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: GladesGuru

Pete Domenici looks pretty good in retrospect out of what NM offers.


33 posted on 09/10/2014 5:34:24 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: servantboy777

The American people lack the ability to understand what you just posted.


34 posted on 09/10/2014 5:35:39 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

It’s stunning, isn’t it?


35 posted on 09/10/2014 5:50:06 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: george76

Welcome to the land of entrapment.


36 posted on 09/10/2014 7:10:03 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: OneWingedShark

b.) 271.25 grains of pure silver or 23.22 grains of pure gold equal ONE Dollar.


37 posted on 09/10/2014 7:17:58 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: george76; All
Speaking of adding to the roles,, is this video factually correct or not?

http://theconservativecitizen.com/2014/08/30/video-how-many-wives-can-a-muslim-have-on-welfare-in-Michigan/

38 posted on 09/21/2014 6:21:22 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Circus, Not my Monkey ( Boy does that apply to DC...))
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To: redcatcherb412
Wow, i’m over 65 and retired, on SS and Medicare...

With most people who work for a living, Social Security is not a choice. It is a requirement.

It is the same with Medicare. Once you hit 65, you are required to be on Medicare Part A. No choice. You are dragooned into it by law.

These are not "optionals" like welfare, SNAP/EBT, Medicaid, and a host of other Democrat Party voter "benefits". They are Federally mandated law. Sure, they were passed by Democrats with the intention of making people dependent on their largesse but they are not optional.

I don't want to be lumped in with the welfare and Gibsmedat crowd either just because I hit 65 and am on them as well.

39 posted on 09/21/2014 7:08:45 AM PDT by Gritty (ISIS is Islam. It is the naked religion. It is Mohammed. - Daniel Greenfield)
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