Unwilling Doctors Cast Shadow Over Medicaid Expansion
No obvious way to lure more physicians into the unwieldy program
No obvious way to lure more physicians into the unwieldy program
Health savings accounts would have to be part of the deal
So expanding the program should really help matters
Advocates are pitching Medicaid expansion as another painless free lunch.
An unpopular plan funded by a tax hike. What's not to like?
Why have principles when you can just cash checks?
Republican governor only second GOP leader to support
The program should be reformed, not made bigger, says governor
Not as much as the state needs, but it helps
Which is nice, but doesn't make the program more attractive to new docs or financially viable
The ranks of welfare patients are expected to balloon, but willing providers are in short supply
Supreme Court ruled it's optional for states
They give their money to their kids early so they'll be "poor"
Helps avoid public records laws
Physicians are already capping the number of Medicaid patients they see
Let's say it makes a lot of assumptions
Obamacare becomes the gift that keeps on giving (ulcers)
So ... Just who are these new government-funded patients supposed to see?
Will not accept Medicaid expansion or set up health exchanges
If you let yourself become dependent on a government program ...
Not a shock, considering how arbitrary it is to begin with
And if doctors all drop out, costs will plummet!
Only 13 states have signed on to the administration's scheme
State hopes to slow the growth of the plan's price tag
How do you recruit docs based on a sketchy, two-year arrangement?
State can't bar abortion providers from collecting Medicaid funds for medical services.
Supposed to last for two years, but many details have not been hammered out
Mississippi would get slammed after federal subsidies are pared back
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