Posted on 03/07/2025 12:46:40 PM PST by CFW
Before Texas’ embarrassment of a congressman, Al Green, was kicked out of the House chamber during President Donald Trump’s address on Tuesday, he shouted “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” while pointing a cane at Trump.
Green is dead wrong. Trump does have a mandate. And it comes from none other than Joe Biden.
Republicans are looking at substantial spending cuts to help reduce the nearly $2 trillion deficit and keep the economy moving. And one big, fat, juicy target for savings is a Medicaid funding scam that lets states steal tens of billions of dollars from the federal government every year.
Here’s how this particular scam works.
States tax health care providers and use those funds to help cover their Medicaid costs. Then, the states turn around and increase what they pay these same providers for Medicaid benefits – effectively covering the cost of the tax. Then, because of the way Medicaid is financed, the states can bill the federal government for half of the spending increase.
Let’s say, for example, a state imposes a provider tax on hospitals that raises $100 million. And then it returns that $100 million to the hospitals in the form of higher Medicaid reimbursement rates. There’s been no increase in benefits. Providers aren’t better off. But the state gets an extra $50 million from the federal government’s matching fund, money that it can use for anything it wants. (The fed pays states up to 90% to cover the cost of expanding Medicaid under Obamacare.)
An Oregon state representative once called it a “dream tax.” States can use Medicaid to steal money from the federal treasury. It’s such a wonderful dream that Alaska is the only state in the nation that hasn’t leveraged it.
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Rumor is that Trump likes sunny days.
News Flash — Democrats HATE sunny days!!!!!!!!
Medicaid fraud is historic…why does it even exist? Answer, Obamacare fleeces everyone.
Since they will not relent, put me on the front lines. Give me an assignment in the conflict snd I’ll give you a 10-1 ratio brfore they get me. I despise them that much BECAUSE they will not accept the mandate we VOTED for that says STOP WASTING MONEY NOW.
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How many of the RATS are in on the $600 billion scam?
The democRats have scams on top of their scams
“How many of the RATS are in on the $600 billion scam?”
All of them, every last one. Being a pervert is expensive
remember friends...”TDS leads to being in the 20% on the wrong side of the 80%” L.Star. “Friends don’t let Friends be in the 20%” qwapisking.
The war hawks are going to really cry when they come for the Defense Dept for sure.
I am all for defense, but anyone who doesn’t think the Defense Dept is full of bloated waste is an outright imbecile!
How much is that sandwich bag of bolts again?
Governor of Maine, Janet Mills is trying to pull the same scam
https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-proposed-ambulance-assessment-tax-concerns/63850874
Trump told his supporters he would not support cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. He either told them the truth, or he lied to them.
I read the article. There’s no cut to any of these benefits to individuals.
Fraud, on the other hand, has always been illegal.
I would think any beneficiary of these benefits would be thrilled to hear fraud was identified and stopped. That means more for them, less for the thieves.
The real scam is the use of medicines to create side effects to cause Americans to need a different medicine for the side effect.
He’s not called Al GREEN for nothing.
WONDERFUL scam.
That remark tells us where his scam was centered.
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