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States Begin to Face Overwhelmi​ng Obamacare Reality

Friday, May 16, 2014 - 9:30am
The Heritage Foundation

States Begin to Face Overwhelming Obamacare Reality

The Medicaid news is not good.

Lots of people signing up? Yes. Is that a good thing? No – it’s bad for poor Americans who need health insurance and bad for taxpayers everywhere.

Yesterday, Indiana’s Mike Pence (R) became the latest governor to move toward expanding his state’s Medicaid program with new federal funding allocated by Obamacare.

Pence is trying to advance some consumer-driven reforms, but he will likely end up with more than he bargained for. Heritage expert Nina Owcharenko warns, “As with most new government programs, original estimates are likely not the true full cost.”

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Quick Hits

We’ve seen it before. Some lawmakers see the military as a social science experiment, a laboratory to test their radical policy ideas. But what we’re hearing this week brings it to a whole new level.

They want to use the military for amnesty.

Our South Central Regional Coordinator Wade Miller is a Marine combat veteran. Here’s his take: “It is appalling and misguided for Washington politicians to attempt to use the military for amnesty.”

>> Read more from this Marine on our site.

This terrible idea could be added as an amendment to a must-pass military bill next week. Now is the time to get educated on this issue, and Wade’s blog post is a good place to start.