CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 28, 2025
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THOSE EVIL REPUBLICANS WANT TO CUT OR DO AWAY WITH MEDICAID? MORE THAN I CAN COUNT.
HERE’S SOME INFORMATION THAT SHOULD, IF NOT CUT MEDICAD, THEN AT LEAST REDUCE WASTE.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS HEALTH INSURERS GOT PAID DOUBLE BY THE MEDICAID SYSTEM FOR COVERAGE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BILL FOR TAXPAYERS? BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EXTRA PAYMENTS.
THE INSURERS, WHICH ARE PAID BY STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COVER LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. THEY COLLECTED AT LEAST $4.3 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS FOR PATIENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED – AND PAID FOR – IN OTHER STATES.
THE JOURNAL REPORTS THE PATIENTS WERE SIGNED UP FOR MEDICAID IN TWO STATES AT ONCE, IN MANY CASES FOLLOWING A MOVE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. MOST WERE GETTING ALL THEIR HEALTHCARE SERVICES THROUGH ONE INSURER IN ONE STATE, EVEN THOUGH MEDICAID WAS PAYING INSURERS IN BOTH STATES TO COVER THEM.
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS PROTECTING ITSELF BUT THIS DOUBLE SPENDING OUGHT TO BE TOO MUCH EVEN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
