tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post8895847814125377758..comments2024-03-28T04:13:36.779-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Mark Weisbrot — Medicaid Saved Obamacare and Single-Payer May Be Back on the Agenda Sooner Than You Thinkmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-90043511647613923932017-04-03T21:12:22.805-04:002017-04-03T21:12:22.805-04:00Mortgage payments are now effectively taxes... Mortgage payments are now effectively taxes... Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-73860027343319064192017-04-03T20:49:06.462-04:002017-04-03T20:49:06.462-04:00A majority in favor of something is pretty much a ...A majority in favor of something is pretty much a guarantee that it won't happen.Noah Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012500819097539976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-87248856053953828272017-04-03T16:41:46.984-04:002017-04-03T16:41:46.984-04:00Another subsidy which is not discussed much in the...Another subsidy which is not discussed much in the media is the <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-02/obamacare-implosion-now-obama-siphoned-gse-dividends-prop-can-trump-simply-halt-1st-" rel="nofollow">shifting gse dividends to subsidize insurance premiums</a> for those insurance companies that took part in the Exchanges. This was money that was not authorized by Congress. The Medicaid expansion was.<br /><br />Quote:<br /><i>confirmed a 2012 scheme hatched by the Obama administration to funnel hundreds of billions in dividends from Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prop up the failing Obamacare program - by paying subsidies to insurers to remain in the system.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />In fact, House Republicans actually sued the Obama Administration in 2014 over the fact that the subsidies to insurers weren't appropriated by congress and won, which the Obama administration appealed. As Zerohedge and the Atlanta Journal Constitution pointed out last week, the Trump administration has until May 22nd to decide whether or not to pursue the appeal</i>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198667003900590106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-74547646477573578992017-04-03T15:51:11.635-04:002017-04-03T15:51:11.635-04:00I hope he does cause it will be worth it to see li...I hope he does cause it will be worth it to see libertarian idiots steamrolled. Too much of that BS going around lately. It would be one of his better moves too.Penguin pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438480665686684027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-21335242014813060932017-04-03T15:21:48.787-04:002017-04-03T15:21:48.787-04:00He probably does in some form...
This article is ...He probably does in some form...<br /><br />This article is making my earlier point that ACA without anyone able to pay for insurance off of one of the exchanges is in effect "single payer" as Medicaid (and Medicare) are two current forms of "single payer"...<br /><br />If you look at the DTS since ACA for FY16, the Marketplace Payments were +40B but Medicare was up big too iirc even more than the Marketplace Payments over same period...<br /><br />Remember here is Bannon (Trump's "brain"): <br /><br />"And then the Republicans, it’s all this theoretical Cato Institute, Austrian economics, limited government — which just doesn’t have any depth to it. They’re not living in the real world.”<br /><br /><br />"Single payer" of whatever form is going to require taking a flat steel shovel to libertarian heads period no getting around it .... Trump is ready and willing to do this if he has to...<br /><br />Trump is going to get something this year and it will be accretive to leading USD flows ... details still TBD...<br />Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082502216984169113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-87667698282498883942017-04-03T14:01:41.143-04:002017-04-03T14:01:41.143-04:00Trump should support this ;)Trump should support this ;)Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-7126436354340120312017-04-03T12:08:32.092-04:002017-04-03T12:08:32.092-04:00"About 11 million of the approximately 20 mil..."About 11 million of the approximately 20 million people who gained health insurance under Obamacare did so under its provision for expansion of Medicaid,"<br /><br /><br />Hmmmmm where have I heard that before?????Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082502216984169113noreply@blogger.com