MEDICAID EXPANSION WOULD CRUSH HOSPITALS - IN THE REMAINING NON-EXPANSION STATES, COSTING THEM BILLIONS

In less than two decades, enrollment has more than doubled from 46 million in 2005 to a record-high 100 million in 2023.1 While the program was once a safety net for the truly needy, millions of able-bodied adults are now enrolled in Medicaid.2 Nearly one in three Americans were on the program in 2023.3 Through ObamaCare, states have the option to expand Medicaid to a new class of able-bodied adul. [...] Forty states and the District of Columbia have taken the bait of Medicaid expansion.10 And the experiences of expansion states show how Medicaid expansion plays out: Actual enrollment and costs greatly exceed projections. [...] Department of Health and Human Services Federal law states that if someone is eligible for Medicaid, they cannot qualify for federal premium subsidies on the exchange.13 The 3.6 million able-bodied adults in non-expansion states that would qualify for Medicaid expansion would lose access to these subsidies if their states were to expand. [...] Indeed, Medicaid shortfalls at hospitals in expansion 4 MEDICAID EXPANSION WOULD CRUSH HOSPITALS | MARCH 19, 2024 | TheFGA.org states increased by $12 billion since expansion, a 117 percent increase.14 Moreover, 40 percent of expansion states lost hospital jobs in the first year of Medicaid expansion.15 Should the remaining states expand, they will experience the same destructive fallout. [...] 5 MEDICAID EXPANSION WOULD CRUSH HOSPITALS | MARCH 19, 2024 | TheFGA.org MEDICAID EXPANSION DOESN’T ADD UP FOR HOSPITALS Medicaid revenue from states and feds to hospitals pansion What exates wan t Medicaid pays hospitals advoc e! less for services you to se Private insurance patients are crowded out The answer? Hospital lost revenue and closures.