https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-medicaid-payments-fraud-jd-vance-cms-mehmet-oz-0fdb051e?mod=WTRN_pos10 (Paywalled)
"For every dollar California spends on traditional enrollees (i.e., sick and disabled), it receives another dollar from the feds. For healthy adults covered by the ObamaCare expansion, [CA] gets $9."
"California makes up about 12% of the U.S. population but accounts for nearly half of new social assistance and healthcare establishments in the U.S. over the last decade..."
"California...subsidize activities "that support an eligible member's inclusion in the community," including sports club fees, gym memberships, bicycles, scooters, music and art lessons."
The state has even used Medicaid funds to repay student loans for healthcare workersas much as $120,000 for "wellness coaches" and "peer support specialists"under the guise of recruiting to the field.
The issues here:
1) CA is using Medicare, particularly the ObamaCare expansion, to siphon dollars from the other 49 states into their state economy.
2) CA economy directly benefits from Medicare waste and the current rampant fraud.
3) If every state aggressively enrolled healthy adults into Medicaid as CA does, AI estimates that additional federal spending would require ~$130B per year.
One more case of our elected republican politicians failing to do their jobs and we take it in the shorts. The rhinos must go. ETA - and obamacare must go.
