Everybody saw this one coming — especially those who lied to get ♡bamaCare!!! passed into law:
More than a dozen states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen enrollments surge beyond projections, raising concerns the added costs will strain their budgets when federal aid is scaled back starting in two years.
Some lawmakers warn the price of expanding the health-care program for poor and lower-income Americans could mean less money available for other state services, including education.
In Kentucky, for example, enrollments during the 2014 fiscal year were more than double the number projected, with almost 311,000 newly eligible residents signing up. That’s greater than what was predicted through 2021. As a result, the state revised its Medicaid cost estimate from $33 million to $74 million for the 2017 fiscal year. By 2021, those costs could climb to a projected $363 million.
“That is a monstrous hole that we have got to figure out how to plug, and we don’t know how to do it,” said Kentucky state Sen. Chris McDaniel, a Republican who leads the Senate budget committee and opposed expansion. “The two biggest things that keep me up at night are state pensions and the cost of expanded Medicaid.”
Whatever expenses ♡bamaCare!!! has already added to your annual health care bills, also tack on the added taxes you’ll pay for its Medicaid expansion.
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