tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post2382499007114053413..comments2024-03-08T00:43:43.916-08:00Comments on Redeye's Front Page: Brian wants to know "How would expanding Medicaid save money?"Redeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16726342951810334788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-61629210321604965142015-10-16T08:04:16.030-07:002015-10-16T08:04:16.030-07:00And your point is what exactly? That the state sho...And your point is what exactly? That the state shouldn't expand medicaid because it might save lives and save money? One things for sure, Alabama, and Florida for that matter, are robbing Peter to pay Paul because their governors and legislatures hate President Obama more than they love their states and their country. Funny how republicans didn't have a problem with sending our troops and treasure to war based on dead wrong intelligence but they balk at the experts who say expanding medicare will save lives and generate income.Redeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726342951810334788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5091078896160115890.post-48992953429047489212015-10-16T04:54:19.402-07:002015-10-16T04:54:19.402-07:00So experts estimate that it would save 550 lives, ...So experts estimate that it would save 550 lives, experts estimate it would generate $20 billion in new income, are these the same experts that estimated that told Obama the Affordable Care Act would only cost $900 billion over ten years and then we saw that estimate balloon to $2.6 trillion.<br /><br />What happens if those estimates do not pan out?<br /><br />We have already seen how reliable estimates from the government can be...<br /><br />What happens if the federal government will no longer pay for the expansion?<br /><br />Rick Scott in his explanation on why Florida pointed out that when the federal government stopped giving Florida $1 billion in education stimulus, that it was not an option to go back to pre-stimulus spending, that the state of Florida had to figure out how to get that $1 billion from other areas. And that if the state of Flordia expanded Medicare and the federal government stopped paying for the expansion, that it would not be an option to go back to pre-expansion spending, and in order to keep the expansion, cut would be necessary in other areas, which are all also necessary. Florida, like Alabama, has a balanced budget requirement in their state constitution. <br /><br />Are states that expanded Medicare saving money?<br /><br />It has been said that the states that were the most generous to the uninsured prior to the Affordable Care Act are the state that would save the most after it's implimentation.<br /><br />Are states that expanded Medicare generating new income?<br /><br />There is some evidence that some states are generating new income from expansion. Although it is nowhere near the $20 billion that you quoted. Michigan is seeing $26 MILLION in new income. Arkansas and New Mexico $30 MILLION each. Washington state, $34 MILLION.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649045833784522927noreply@blogger.com