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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 20M to lose health insurance
Date: 07/01/25 11:01 PM
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atr.org - Able bodied unemployed adults have overrun the medicaid program

After Obamacare, Medicaid costs have been driven by able-bodied adults, particularly unemployed ones. Democrats, via the Affordable Care Act, expanded Medicaid eligibility to include any adult earning 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) and below. Suddenly, in the 40 states (and DC) who have adopted Medicaid expansion, able-bodied adults of working age were eligible for a program designed to help the neediest among us.

As Nina Owcharenko Schaefer with the Heritage Foundation highlights, the enrollment of these able-bodied, working age recipients has rapidly outpaced enrollment of children, elderly people, and disabled people:

“Between 2013 and 2021, almost 20 million newly eligible able-bodied adults were added to Medicaid. During that same period, the number of children increased by 2.5 million, the number of elderly enrollees increased by 1.2 million, and the number of disabled enrollees declined by 400,000…This disproportionate increase in able-bodied adults suggests a serious misalignment of financial incentives—one that requires immediate correction.”

Boom.
Nuked from orbit, your attempt was.
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