Red States Pressured To Expand Medicaid As Care Contrasts Emerge

[babylonsister]

Red States Pressured To Expand Medicaid As Care Contrasts Emerge


Pressure is building on states to go along with the expansion of Medicaid benefits under the Affordable Care Act as new studies and financial reports from health care companies point out stark differences between states treating more poor Americans and those that aren’t.

One of the nation’s largest hospital operators, Tenet Healthcare THC 0% (THC), last week opened a window into the differences for patients and hospital financial coffers between those states with Medicaid dollars and those without.

“In our five states that expanded Medicaid in 2014, we benefited from a significant migration of patients from uninsured into Medicaid with a 54% decline in uninsured admissions and a 27% decline in uninsured outpatient visits,” Tenet chief executive Trevor Fetter said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call last week.

Tenet saw across-the-board increases in “admissions, outpatient visits, surgeries and emergency department visits,” Fetter said.

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2014/08/10/red-states-pressured-to-expand-medicaid-as-care-contrasts-emerge/?partner=yahootix

[sheshe2]

1. ^^^^^This^^^^^

thanks bsis

[malaise]

2. Probably because the election ads are coming

THe always ignore empirical evidence - ads not so much

[Laelth]

3. Forbes. Nice.

The rich folks are trying to convince themselves to vote for us and work with us. Interesting.

-Laelth

[Fred Sanders]

4. Health corporations are losing a lot of money without red state Obamacare and almost free Medicare.

My imaginary freeway political ad billboard in these states would read:

Got Healthcare?
Vote Democrat
Get It?
Vote
And Get It!

[tanyev]

5. C'mon, health care companies. Lobby those GOP governors until they fold.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Good luck!

[SunSeeker]

7. Those GOP governors should be indicted for murder.

Their craven political move to block medicaid expansion killed, and will continue to kill, thousands of Americans each year.