ALABAMA MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY
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Gov. Robert Bentley (R):
TELL ALABAMA REPUBLICANS: STOP BLOCKING THE MEDICAID EXPANSION:
According to a study released on December 5 by the Commonwealth Fund, states that refuse federal funding to expand Medicaid stand to collectively lose tens of billions of dollars per year by 2022. In Alabama, for example, by refusing to accept federal funding for health coverage, Governor Bentley and Republicans in the state legislature are losing out on an estimated $943 million per year starting in 2022.
Recently, Ohio's rightwing Republican governor John Kasich became the 8th Republican governor to accept the Medicaid funds. Unfortunately, 20 other Republican governors are still refusing to accept the funds, even though the federal government is picking up 100 percent of the cost through 2016 and 90 percent in the following years.
Republican Governors are vulnerable on this issue. Across the country, they are coming under heavy scrutiny for playing games with their constituents’ healthcare and blocking their access to Medicaid. With the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion now in effect in dozens of other states, now is the perfect time to ramp up grassroots pressure on Governor Bentley and other Republicans in Alabama to provide their constituents with the healthcare coverage they deserve. see full article https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-state-republicans-stop-blocking-the-medicaid-expansion-5
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Studies directly rebut Alabama's Medicaid Monster (Gov. Robert Bentley's) claim:
The first study, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examined Kentucky and Arkansas — two states with previously high uninsurance rates that have benefited significantly from Medicaid expansion.
According to the researchers, those states should serve as prime examples of how “expansion can produce savings in tax dollars and generate new revenue for state budgets.” Between state fiscal years 2014 and 2021, Kentucky will save an estimated $820 million and Arkansas will save an estimated $370 million after accepting federal funding to extend health coverage to additional low-income residents.
Those savings come from a combination of the additional federal funding allocated for states that accept the expansion and the decline in uninsured residents seeking uncompensated care, which increases revenue for health providers.
The second study, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, reported similar findings for Connecticut, New Mexico, and Washington State. Although the researchers acknowledge that it’s difficult to isolate the specific effect of Medicaid expansion on state budgets, they conclude that “early evidence from interviews with budget officials in these case study states shows state savings and revenue gains with limited costs resulting from expansion.”
The three states examined in the Kaiser study are also saving money in programs outside of Medicaid itself, particularly when it comes to their behavioral health programs. With additional federal funding to finance Medicaid, states are able to shift money around to allocate more resources to mental health services, which have suffered big cuts in state budgets over the last several years.
Previous studies projected big savings for Medicaid expansion states — but, now that the policy has been in effect for a full year in many states, researchers are able to start confirming that positive benefit more explicitly. Other states, like New Jersey, have also started factoring thesavings stemming from Medicaid expansion into their budgets.
There’s been some other recent evidence that Medicaid expansion can also help spur job growth. According to a recent report from the market research group FitchRatings, the states that expanded their public health programs are creating jobs in the health care field at a more rapid rate, suggesting that “ACA expansion is generally positive for that sector’s employment profile.”
see full article http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/20/3636704/medicaid-expansion-savings-states/
The first study, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examined Kentucky and Arkansas — two states with previously high uninsurance rates that have benefited significantly from Medicaid expansion.
According to the researchers, those states should serve as prime examples of how “expansion can produce savings in tax dollars and generate new revenue for state budgets.” Between state fiscal years 2014 and 2021, Kentucky will save an estimated $820 million and Arkansas will save an estimated $370 million after accepting federal funding to extend health coverage to additional low-income residents.
Those savings come from a combination of the additional federal funding allocated for states that accept the expansion and the decline in uninsured residents seeking uncompensated care, which increases revenue for health providers.
The second study, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, reported similar findings for Connecticut, New Mexico, and Washington State. Although the researchers acknowledge that it’s difficult to isolate the specific effect of Medicaid expansion on state budgets, they conclude that “early evidence from interviews with budget officials in these case study states shows state savings and revenue gains with limited costs resulting from expansion.”
The three states examined in the Kaiser study are also saving money in programs outside of Medicaid itself, particularly when it comes to their behavioral health programs. With additional federal funding to finance Medicaid, states are able to shift money around to allocate more resources to mental health services, which have suffered big cuts in state budgets over the last several years.
Previous studies projected big savings for Medicaid expansion states — but, now that the policy has been in effect for a full year in many states, researchers are able to start confirming that positive benefit more explicitly. Other states, like New Jersey, have also started factoring thesavings stemming from Medicaid expansion into their budgets.
There’s been some other recent evidence that Medicaid expansion can also help spur job growth. According to a recent report from the market research group FitchRatings, the states that expanded their public health programs are creating jobs in the health care field at a more rapid rate, suggesting that “ACA expansion is generally positive for that sector’s employment profile.”
see full article http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/20/3636704/medicaid-expansion-savings-states/
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