Romney’s Enormous Medicaid Cuts Dwarf Other Health Care Differences (CHART)

[unhappycamper]

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Romney’s Enormous Medicaid Cuts Dwarf Other Health Care Differences (CHART)
Brian Beutler October 17, 2012, 1:01 PM

The Obama campaign has made Mitt Romney’s plan to turn Medicare into a subsidized private insurance system central to its reelection pitch. House and Senate Democrats are likewise raising the unpopular plan as an issue in their own campaigns. And indeed, the two parties have very different views about how the Medicare program should be structured.

But as Bill Clinton memorably reminded voters at the Democratic convention, Romney has an even farther-reaching plan for Medicaid — the jointly-operated state-federal health insurance program for the poor, which also provides nursing home care to hundreds of thousands of seniors and long-term care to millions of disabled people.

Romney wants to hand that program entirely over to states then cap its budget to effectively and severely cut its funding.

[porphyrian]

1. . n/t

[xchrom]

2. Du rec. Nt

[riverwalker]

3. how old are your parents?

One third of Medicaid currently goes to nursing home care. With Romney/Ryan, the states will change entire Medicaid system, making the children responsible for $100,000 year nursing home bills. So after they take Grandma's house, and life savings, they will come after you, and your house, and your savings.

The move would let states change minimum eligibility, standards of care, and federal rules that now protect adult children from being billed for their parents’ Medicaid care.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/health/policy/long-term-care-looms-as-rising-medicaid-cost.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[ProSense]

4. Exactly, and the

chart also doesn't give a true representation of Romney/Ryan's voucherization of Medicare.