Under the legislation, much of the extension of coverage would be accomplished by raising the threshold for Medicaid eligibility to a uniform level across the country -- to 133 percent of the poverty level in the Senate bill, and 150 percent of the poverty level in the House bill.
To keep this expansion from burdening already-strapped state governments, the bills call for the federal government to pick up nearly the entire cost of covering newly eligible people -- 91 percent of the cost in the House bill, and even more of it in the Senate bill.
Under the legislation, states that have been stingy -- Nebraska covers parents to only 58 percent of poverty, and does not cover childless adults -- will be able to cover their low-income residents with the feds picking up more than 90 percent of the cost.
Friday, December 18, 2009
YUP, I'M WRONG AGAIN...
According to this piece in the WaPo, Sen. Nelson is full of shit about Nebraska having to shell out a lot more money for Medicaid:
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http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2009/12/medicare-cuts-and-worse.html
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/12/18/corporatism/index.html
must read.
Ken,
I really liked Glenn's piece - thanx.
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