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Hello John,
As we’ve previously discussed, despite what you might hear on the news, the
Medicaid changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill are a much-needed fiscal brake
on a program that has grown out of control.
Here are the facts: Federal health programs — including Medicaid — are
unsustainable and are the main drivers of our increasing debt (about $37
trillion and counting).
According to the Congressional Budget Office, Joe Biden’s policy of enrolling
as many people in federal health care programs (Medicaid and Obamacare) as
possible — even if they didn’t qualify — increased the baseline spending for
these programs by awhopping $1.9 trillion over the next decade.
This chart from our friends at the Paragon Health Institute shows Medicaid and
Obamacare spending growth under Biden and the OBBB.
* The light blue line shows spending if these programs had stayed at their
historical level.
* The dark blue line shows how the Biden spending spree shifted the spending
up dramatically.
* The yellow line shows how the OBBB returns things to normal.
So, as you can see, the OBBB doesn’t cut these programs but returns their
growth to the historic norm after years of turning a blind eye to Medicaid
enrollees who are not eligible.
It would be great if we could claim victory and move on to other important
health care issues. But as the great William Buckley once said, “There are no
lost causes because there are no gained causes.”
In other words, no victory is permanent, and we must fight to keep what we’ve
won.
I brought that up because of this quote from a Politico story: Many of these
Medicaid changes will take a couple of years to fully implement. Hospitals “are
already gearing up to use the next two and a half years to persuade lawmakers
to rescind” them.
Here’s the bottom line: Even before these reforms are fully implemented, the
special interests will try to kill them! And don’t count them out.
Instead of playing only defense, we need to also go on offense and give the
special interests that dominate our rigged health care system other free-market
reforms to worry about.That’s why it is so important we keep pushing our
Personal Option plan in Congress.
The word out of D.C. is that Congress may try to pass another reconciliation
bill, which would present a fantastic opportunity to pass more parts of the
Personal Option.
This would expand:
* Health savings accounts,
* telehealth,
* and direct primary care even more than the OBBB did.
There is still a LOT more to do, and we need to keep the bloated health care
system on the defensive!
You can help by signing our Personal Option petition
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, showing Congress that Americans support reforms like HSAs, telehealth, and
DPC.
Please take 60 seconds to sign our petition — every signature we bring to
lawmakers strengthens the case for these critical changes.
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Let’s work together to create a health care system that delivers quality,
choice, and affordability for everyone.
Thank you for your support,
-Dean
Dean Clancy
Senior Health Policy Fellow
Americans for Prosperity
Thank you for your continued support. Together, we’re ensuring every American
has access to the health care solutions they need. Stay tuned for updates on
how we’re making impact-driven changes possible.
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