In Washington State, more than 35,000 people have signed up for coverage since Oct. 1. Of them, just 4,500 went into private plans. Roughly 31,000 signed up for Medicaid -- with coverage kicking in sometime between now and Jan. 1.
Rush rightly points out that this many people moving into Medicaid will break the bank. Without a balance of young people actually paying for this monstrosity the system collapses. Just what the regime wanted all along.
Average cost for Medicaid people in 2010 was $5,500. Who knows what it its now.
All this is unsustainable. This was the purpose of 0'care--it fits right into the Saul Alinsky "cave the system" plans and kills capitalism while pumping up statism/ socialism and the rest.
This will also mean that there will be increased costs at the county level because they will need to hire more to administer the Medicaid program. The hidden costs are enormous, I think.