Paring back Medicaid is a fiscal necessity. Our national debt has topped $36 trillion, and Medicaid is a significant contributor to our debt burden. Cutting off funds for social determinants of health is a commonsense way to preserve scarce Medicaid resources for those who need them most.
The Trump administration shut off federal funding through Medicaid for non-healthcare-related services such as housekeeping, groceries, and internet earlier this month. It’s about time.
Medicaid exists to provide health benefits to the nation’s neediest, not to subsidize a laundry list of liberal priorities. Over the last two decades, it has increasingly served as a slush fund for high-spending states.
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Sally C. Pipes
Paring back Medicaid is a fiscal necessity. Our national debt has topped $36 trillion, and Medicaid is a significant contributor to our debt burden. Cutting off funds for social determinants of health is a commonsense way to preserve scarce Medicaid resources for those who need them most.
The Trump administration shut off federal funding through Medicaid for non-healthcare-related services such as housekeeping, groceries, and internet earlier this month. It’s about time.
Medicaid exists to provide health benefits to the nation’s neediest, not to subsidize a laundry list of liberal priorities. Over the last two decades, it has increasingly served as a slush fund for high-spending states.
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Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.