The following might not surprise Longtime Sharp VodkaPundit Readers™, but it’s a helpful reminder of just how addicted to dishing out welfare Washington is — and the rest of the country is to receiving it:
If you dig deeper into the actual numbers and realize what really happened with those 9 million “newly insured”, there’s little reason to cheer.
The number of Americans with health insurance increased by 9.25 million in 2014, the first year that two key provisions of Obamacare took place: the subsidies for coverage purchased through the exchanges and Medicaid expansion. And according to recent research by The Heritage Foundation, out of that 9.25 million, “the vast majority of the increase was the result of 8.99 million individuals being added to the Medicaid rolls.”
In other words, over 97 percent of last year’s newly insured Americans were from Medicaid expansion. [Emphasis in original]
That Means It’s Working™
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