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Warnings about Medicaid Expansion

POSTED BY Galen Institute on October 6, 2020.

States that have resisted expanding their Medicaid programs have witnessed the soaring costs in other states and the adverse impact on vulnerable patients already on the program who must compete for providers with expansion enrollees.  As legislators prepare for their upcoming sessions, the Galen Institute and the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) have partnered in offering … [Read more...] about Warnings about Medicaid Expansion

Filed Under: Grace-Marie Turner, Medicaid

Nursing Homes, Coronavirus and Medicaid

POSTED BY Brian Blase | Forbes on June 1, 2020.

How a program for the poor pushes Americans into poor-quality facilities. By Stephen A. Moses and Brian C. Blase | June 1, 2020 7:13 pm ET With increased focus on the huge number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, long-term care expert Steve Moses and Galen Senior Fellow Brian Blase write that federal payment policies are partly to blame for the low quality of care in many … [Read more...] about Nursing Homes, Coronavirus and Medicaid

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Medicaid, The Wall Street Journal

Incentives and Data Matter: An analysis of the left’s coronavirus relief plan

POSTED BY Galen Institute on May 6, 2020.

Galen Senior Fellow Brian Blase concludes in an important new paper that the formula being proposed by leading House Democrats to provide coronavirus relief to states would exacerbate Medicaid’s already-serious problems and provide a huge incentive for states to keep their unemployment rates high. His analysis shows most states would receive $19 in federal money for every $1 they spend through … [Read more...] about Incentives and Data Matter: An analysis of the left’s coronavirus relief plan

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Medicaid, State Issues

Caution! Medicaid and coronavirus relief don’t mix!

POSTED BY Galen Institute on May 5, 2020.

Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal by Brian Blase | The left’s new priority is to convince Congress to send hundreds of billions of additional dollars to states to help them weather the coronavirus storm. A leading Democratic proposal would funnel the money through Medicaid, with a built-in incentive for states to keep their economies closed and unemployment rates high. The bill, … [Read more...] about Caution! Medicaid and coronavirus relief don’t mix!

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Medicaid, The Wall Street Journal

New York City is a hot spot for illegal Medicaid enrollment

POSTED BY Brian Blase | New York Post on November 30, 2019.

New York state is grappling with a Medicaid shortfall in the billions of dollars. And one of the main reasons is improper enrollment. Using annual information from the Census Bureau to assess the demographic make-up of Medicaid enrollees over time, researcher Aaron Yelowitz and I estimated that 2.3 million to 3.3 million Medicaid enrollees nationally make an income in excess of what is … [Read more...] about New York City is a hot spot for illegal Medicaid enrollment

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Medicaid, New York Post

The ACA’s Medicaid Expansion: A Review of Ineligible Enrollees and Improper Payments

POSTED BY Galen Institute on November 26, 2019.

Enrollment in Medicaid has been much higher than expected in expansion states, significant errors and problems permeate state eligibility determinations, and many enrollees are ineligible, Blase and Yelowitz explain in a detailed analysis of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.  States are responsible for monitoring who enrolls in Medicaid, but the federal government foots … [Read more...] about The ACA’s Medicaid Expansion: A Review of Ineligible Enrollees and Improper Payments

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Medicaid

ObamaCare’s Medicaid Deception

POSTED BY Galen Institute on August 14, 2019.

Galen Senior Fellow Brian Blase reports in a Wall Street Journal op-ed about millions of working, middle-income people being illegally enrolled in Medicaid, the health program designed for poor and vulnerable Americans. Brian and Cato senior fellow Aaron Yelowitz write about new research exposing “ObamaCare’s Medicaid Deception:” ObamaCare is supposed to make Medicaid available to … [Read more...] about ObamaCare’s Medicaid Deception

Filed Under: Brian Blase, Medicaid, ObamaCare, The Wall Street Journal

Preview Of The Coming Medicare For All Debate

POSTED BY Forbes on February 8, 2019.

The pre-existing condition scare tactics continue. I testified yesterday—as the sole witness called by the Republican minority—during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on “Examining Threats to Workers with Preexisting Conditions.”   It was the first hearing of the new Congress under the new Chairman Bobby Scott, D-VA, and virtually all members on both sides of the … [Read more...] about Preview Of The Coming Medicare For All Debate

Filed Under: Health Insurance, Medicaid, Reform Initiatives

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