Premiums increased 20 percent in 2017 and 2018. Plans are now so expensive that middle class people who don’t qualify for subsidies are leaving in droves, with unsubsidized enrollment down 40 percent since 2016. Thankfully, the Trump administration has introduced a slew of free market reforms that give Americans more options with less red tape. Read More MacIver News Minute: Innovation Leads Way Out of Obamacare Nightmare
The phrase “Ponzi Scheme” is already taken, but taxpayers could be forgiven for thinking the federal government’s “free” Medicaid money pledge is a pyramid scheme in the making. Free money skeptics have plenty of reasons to think it’s only a matter of time before the federal government backs off its promises to continue offering a more generous match rate for states that accept Medicaid expansion cash and leave states holding the very expensive bag. Read More MacIver News Minute: Don’t Fall For “Free” Federal Medicaid Money Scheme
By M.D. Kittle – Congress’ penchant for unfunded mandates and U.S. debt north of $22 trillion should disabuse any Medicaid expansionist of the notion that there is such a thing as a free lunch when it comes to the federal government. Read More Medicaid Expansionists Should Know, No Free Lunch From Debt-Ridden Federal Government
18 cents a month. That’s how little some low-income individuals are paying for insurance premiums on the health insurance exchanges. You won’t hear that from the Medicaid expansionists, who will tell you Wisconsin needs to take a boatload of federal money to ensure affordable health insurance. Affordable coverage is already available thanks to taxpayers, and that’s an inconvenient truth for Medicaid expansionists. Read More MacIver News Minute: Medicaid Expansionists Ignore Low-Cost, Subsidized Insurance Already Available
MacIver News Service | It’s spring in Wisconsin! A lot has happened this week in the world of politics and policy. Here are some important articles for the fiscal conservative, in case you missed it. Read More In Case You Missed It: Social Security in the Red Starting Next Year, Tariffs Hurt Americans, and Breaking Down Evers’ Education Funding