The projections for 2010 Medicaid spending are $412 B and are estimated to grow to $513 B by 2013 and that is before the expansion of the Medicaid coverage under the new plan.
In a recent DeLong rant against the Republicans he states:
Yet Another Reason the Country Would Be Better if We Shut the Republican Party Down Today...
In a recent DeLong rant against the Republicans he states:
Yet Another Reason the Country Would Be Better if We Shut the Republican Party Down Today...
Total Medicaid spending this year is currently pegged at $280 billion. How Coburn can think that all $280 billion that will be spent this year on Medicaid is waste--plus an extra $20 billion in waste even though we do not spend it--is beyond me.
I don't have a good feeling about this fiscal commission--not at all.
Well unfortunately for the good Professor, it is $412 B not his $280 B.
The statistics are readily available and the alluded to Coburn suggestion about reducing fraud is truly a major concern about Medicaid.
The statistics are readily available and the alluded to Coburn suggestion about reducing fraud is truly a major concern about Medicaid.
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