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"t’s generally pretty tough to defend the health care system in Florida, though this report from the Tampa Bay Times actually makes it look a little worse.
Last year, legislators allocated $900,000 to help Floridians find affordable health care through a new state-backed website.
At the same time, they refused to expand Medicaid or work with the federal government to offer subsidized insurance plans.
Six months after the launch of the state’s effort, called Florida Health Choices, just 30 people have signed up.
That’s not a typo. We’re not talking about 30% of the population; we’re talking about literally just 30 individuals.
Charles Gaba crunched the numbers to find the costs per enrollee and found that Florida Health Choices is vastly more expensive than, say, the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare.gov, while offering much less..."
Of course nobody signed up for it they already have someone else paying for them. Who pays for the 764,000 people once the federal money goes away? States can't print money.
Of course nobody signed up for it they already have someone else paying for them. Who pays for the 764,000 people once the federal money goes away? States can't print money.
Even AFTER the "Federal money goes away" the Federal government will STILL pay NEARLY ALL of it.
"...Under the health-care law, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost of expansion in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Then the federal match is pared back to 95 percent in 2017, 94 percent in 2018, 93 percent in 2019 and then 90 percent in 2020 and beyond. It would stay at the 90 percent level unless the lawmakers change or repeal the legislation.
So, rather than getting $1 back for every $2 spent, states would get $9 back for every $10 spent. (This is a simplified version of a complex formula. The Kaiser Family Foundation in 2013 issued a report with all of the details.)
So, only in a very narrow sense does the money “go away.” The match declines a bit, and certainly Congress could change its mind, but at the moment this looks like a better deal than the current system...."
"t’s generally pretty tough to defend the health care system in Florida, though this report from the Tampa Bay Times actually makes it look a little worse.
Last year, legislators allocated $900,000 to help Floridians find affordable health care through a new state-backed website.
At the same time, they refused to expand Medicaid or work with the federal government to offer subsidized insurance plans.
Six months after the launch of the state’s effort, called Florida Health Choices, just 30 people have signed up.
That’s not a typo. We’re not talking about 30% of the population; we’re talking about literally just 30 individuals.
Charles Gaba crunched the numbers to find the costs per enrollee and found that Florida Health Choices is vastly more expensive than, say, the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare.gov, while offering much less..."
Even AFTER the "Federal money goes away" the Federal government will STILL pay NEARLY ALL of it.
"...Under the health-care law, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost of expansion in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Then the federal match is pared back to 95 percent in 2017, 94 percent in 2018, 93 percent in 2019 and then 90 percent in 2020 and beyond. It would stay at the 90 percent level unless the lawmakers change or repeal the legislation.
So, rather than getting $1 back for every $2 spent, states would get $9 back for every $10 spent. (This is a simplified version of a complex formula. The Kaiser Family Foundation in 2013 issued a report with all of the details.)
So, only in a very narrow sense does the money “go away.” The match declines a bit, and certainly Congress could change its mind, but at the moment this looks like a better deal than the current system...."
Of course these people didn't sign up. If they didn't have enough for insurance to begin with and would have went on medicaid which is $0 to them then how would anyone expect them to sign up for a state plan where they have to pay ?
If you can't afford insurance then you can't afford insurance..it's as simple as that.
Of course these people didn't sign up. If they didn't have enough for insurance to begin with and would have went on medicaid which is $0 to them then how would anyone expect them to sign up for a state plan where they have to pay ?
If you can't afford insurance then you can't afford insurance..it's as simple as that.
You need to hold some peoples hands and explain what should be common sense to them.
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