Listening to the news while reading a recent WSJ article set me off on the wrong foot this morning. The article advises NY having 36% of its residents on Medicaid, a figure the state says we “should be proud of” because NY ranks 8th lowest in uninsured. Our enrollment has gone up 57% in the last decade. How is this sustainable? It annoys me to no end when I hear our politicians talk about how social security will cease to exist after 2035 without intervention to raise taxes or decrease reimbursement to providers. This after most recipients worked their whole lives paying into the system. But does anybody ever talk about reducing the Medicaid roll, cutting benefits, or reinstalling work incentives? Never. Why is that? If ever there was a government program rife with fraud and abuse…..that’s it. My head is exploding.
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