“Two-thirds of new Medicaid enrollees in 2014 were eligible for the program under previous state eligibility criteria—meaning that they were not made eligible by the ACA - Jonathan Gruber.”
I don’t believe this. The Medicaid expansion was HUGE. We went from a system where you had to be in a specific category, eg single woman, disabled etc to qualify and then had to meet income limits of under the poverty line.
The expanded system makes ANYONE (working age, able to work, no kids) eligible for Medicaid if you make under about 140% of the poverty line (in some states, higher).
The expansion of the eligible population was, therefore, huge.
I’m not sure why Gruber is running this line now. I don’t see what scheme it advances.
He’s up to something that’s for sure.
Certified liar.