Nebraskans already are paying $520 million for expanded Medicaid -- in other states

[Omaha Steve]

Marta and I voted to expand BTW.

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By Henry J. Cordes

Much of the opposition to expanding Medicaid in Nebraska has been based on its cost to state taxpayers — and it is sizable at roughly $50 million a year.

But Nebraskans are already paying more than 10 times that for Medicaid expansion — in other states.

That’s what a World-Herald analysis found is Nebraska taxpayers’ share of federal dollars paid to expand Medicaid for people in other states — including Iowa — that have already expanded the program.

Voters will decide Nov. 6 whether Nebraska should join 33 other states and expand its Medicaid program to cover about 90,000 more adults.

FULL story: https://www.omaha.com/news/plus/nebraskans-already-are-paying-million-for-expanded-medicaid-in-other/article_e8b1494a-1abb-5a51-b2d8-7d905fe9f1ca.html