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Obamacare fails big time in Kentucky
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02-14-2015, 10:14 AM
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The prediction was that Obamacare Medicaid expansion was add 150,000 people in Kentucky. Instead in the first year it added over 300,000.
The prediction was that expanding Medicaid would ADD 15.6 billion to Kentucky's economy by 2021. They were only off by 15 billion dollars as the expansion is now projected to add over 30 billion to Kentucky's economy.
Beshear: Kentucky's Medicaid expansion a $30 billion boon | Medicine | Kentucky.com
Study: Ky. Medicaid expansion showing benefits
New evidence shows Medicaid expansion has major benefits. Will conservative states listen? - The Washington Post
The prediction was that Medicaid expansion would create about 17,000 new jobs in Kentucky. Wrong again, it is now going to provide 40,000 new jobs with an average wage of $41,000
In the first 3/4 of the year, Kentucky hospitals have had a decrease in the cost of unpaid care of over 1 Billion dollars.
Yes Obamacare has failed to do all the terrible things that were predicted, and instead is doing better than even its supporters had predicted. It is wonderful that we don't have such a system here in Florida.
In the mean time, Florida is sending five billion dollars a year of our federal tax dollars to states that expanded Medicaid, like Kentucky, Arizona, Arkansas (not exactly blue states).