These are all nice things to have. None of them constitutes health care. Yet they’re currently provided under Medicaid in at least some states.
Medicaid was created in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” to provide health coverage to low-income and disabled Americans. The incremental expansion of the program is bleeding taxpayers and straining its ability to fulfill its historical purpose. Its scope needs to be scaled back.
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States use Medicaid as credit card without limit
Sally C. Pipes
Housing. Utility payments. Meal delivery. Grocery cash.
These are all nice things to have. None of them constitutes health care. Yet they’re currently provided under Medicaid in at least some states.
Medicaid was created in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” to provide health coverage to low-income and disabled Americans. The incremental expansion of the program is bleeding taxpayers and straining its ability to fulfill its historical purpose. Its scope needs to be scaled back.
Read the full article in the Boston Herald
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.