President Joe Biden’s list of accomplishments is set to include an astounding number of individuals enrolled on the government-run and funded Medicaid program, which is something he’s probably rather proud of, seeing as this plays a critical factor in helping to destroy the capitalist free market system and get folks hooked on the idea of “free health care.”
According to the Daily Wire, a total of 100 million Americans are enrolling in Medicaid, a milestone expected to be reached within the next 75 days, according to a new project from the Foundation for Government Accountability.
“For years, FGA has been warning about the rising number of people on government welfare programs. Now, we’re nearing a grim milestone — nearly one-third of the country will be on Medicaid,” Hayden Dublois, FGA Data and Analytics Director, went on to say.
As Americans count down to the new New Year, we have our eye on another countdown…
100 million individuals on Medicaid in 75 days. This is unsustainable, and the clock is ticking.
SEE IT IN REALTIME: https://t.co/Y2tR94L2ac #medicaid #health #work pic.twitter.com/w8jCftjpCw
— The FGA (@TheFGA) December 29, 2022
“Our research and data show as welfare enrollment increases, workforce participation decreases. We’re in the midst of a nationwide workforce crisis, yet the Biden administration is pushing policies to entice people into government dependency at record levels while limiting opportunities to achieve the America Dream,” he continued.
The non-profit organization then explained in a press release that the extraordinary growth in Medicaid enrollment is mostly due to the extension of the COVID public health emergency extension from the federal government. While this is still in effect, states get extra funding for the Medicaid program based on the condition that every person who enrolls gets locked into it.
The Daily Wire says that the program has brought in an additional 24 million people. This figure includes over 21 million individuals who otherwise would not have qualified to be enrolled due to their income being too high and other factors that would make them ineligible.
“The pandemic-era policy keeping more than 21 million ineligible enrollees on Medicaid is costing taxpayers more than $16 billion per month. Despite the recently enacted legislation allowing states to redetermine eligibility beginning in April, the Biden administration is slow walking the process and hoping states will be sluggish to act,” Dublois commented in the press release.
“In approximately 76 days, 100 million people will be on Medicaid. States should begin preparing now so that they can remove the millions of ineligible enrollees and reclaim program integrity as quickly as possible,” he said in conclusion.
The Daily Wire then reported, “The Biden administration has highlighted Medicaid expansion as a major reason for the nation’s uninsured rate falling to a record low of 8% this year. Approximately 5.2 million people – including 4.1 million adults ages 18-64 and 1 million children ages 0-17 – have gained health coverage since 2020, according to an August report by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS).”
The agency then pointed out in its report that administrative data that comes from late in 2021 and early in 2022 reveals a “record-high number of people with coverage related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – with more than 35 million people estimated to be enrolled in the Medicaid expansion, Basic Health Program, or Marketplace coverage.”
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act from 2020 required states to suspend eligibility terminations and keep coverage in place for almost every single enrollee so they could receive a 6.2 percent increase in their Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, starting in March 2020. The report then revealed that the requirement for continuous coverage was the “primary driver” behind the massive growth of the Medicaid program during the coronavirus pandemic.
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