Once again, critics of Obamacare have proven to be
prescient. Anyone with half a
functioning brain could have predicted Democratic promises were based on
lies. Here in North Carolina, liberals
spent the past four years protesting at our state's capitol, demanding
legislators expand Medicaid coverage. They insisted the federal government was going
to pay 90% of the cost, infinitum. Skeptics
realized the implications of expanding this program and warned that health care
access would diminish. Well guess
what? It’s happening. The New York Times reported the following:
WASHINGTON — Just as millions of people
are gaining insurance through Medicaid, the program is poised to make deep cuts in
payments to many doctors, prompting some physicians and consumer advocates to
warn that the reductions could make it more difficult for Medicaid patients to
obtain care.
The Affordable Care Act provided a big increase in Medicaid
payments for primary care in 2013 and 2014. But the increase expires on
Thursday — just weeks after the Obama administration told the Supreme Court
that doctors and other providers had no legal right to challenge the adequacy
of payments they received from Medicaid.
The impact will vary by state, but a study by the Urban Institute, a
nonpartisan research organization, estimates that doctors who have been
receiving the enhanced payments will see their fees for primary care cut by 43 percent,
on average.
Stephen Zuckerman, a health economist
at the Urban Institute and co-author of the report, said Medicaid payments for
primary care services could drop by 50 percent or more in California, Florida,
New York and Pennsylvania, among other states.
And guess who’s going to make up that cost. You can expect an avalanche of lawsuits by
special interest groups demanding states pay for the difference. Don’t doubt it, it’s already happening.
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