{"id":79645,"date":"2023-09-18T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/one-big-state-is-taxing-the-middle-class-nationwide-to-give-the-wealthy-free-health-care-79645"},"modified":"2023-09-18T08:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:00:49","slug":"one-big-state-is-taxing-the-middle-class-nationwide-to-give-the-wealthy-free-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/one-big-state-is-taxing-the-middle-class-nationwide-to-give-the-wealthy-free-health-care-79645","title":{"rendered":"One big state\u00a0is taxing\u00a0the middle-class nationwide to give the wealthy free health care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Robin Hood, that heroic figure of English folklore, purportedly stole from the wealthy to support the downtrodden of medieval society. While technically a scofflaw, his championship of the poor and moral clarity have endeared him to subsequent generations of children for centuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden and California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom,<\/a> through recent proposed and approved changes in California\u2019s Medicaid program, are now about to perpetrate the opposite: taxing lower and middle-class U.S. taxpayers to fund the healthcare needs of wealthy Californians. <\/p>\n

Given this administration\u2019s propensity to do the same with other such initiatives, the recent action in California<\/a> should not be surprising. Biden delivered student loan forgiveness for couples earning up to $250,000 per year, supplemental Covid-related ACA subsidies lasting through 2025 for families earning up to $400,000 per year, and $7,500 subsidies regardless of income for those purchasing electric vehicles that only the wealthy can afford. Yet, each of these contradicts the moral underpinning of Robin Hood\u2019s intent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BURNT OUT AND GETTING OUT: AMERICAN HOSPITALS STRUGGLE WITH INCREASING SHORTAGE OF NURSES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past several months, we have observed headlines stating\u00a0millions of Americans\u00a0are about to lose Medicaid<\/a> coverage as pandemic-era policies are rolled back. Many may indeed lose Medicaid \u2014 but the majority of these as reported by some of the nation\u2019s leading health insurers are already offered coverage through their employers or can enroll in heavily subsidized ACA marketplace plans. <\/p>\n

Despite these readily available alternatives,\u00a0California requested, and has now been\u00a0authorized\u00a0by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to dissolve Medicaid\u2019s eligibility and asset verification requirements \u2014 effectively expanding the program to include even those who are well-off financially. Silicon Valley billionaires, rejoice! <\/p>\n

With at least\u00a050% of California\u2019s Medicaid Program\u00a0(known as Medi-Cal) funded by the federal government through the Federal Medical Assistance Program, dissolving this significant eligibility criterion for Medi-Cal beneficiaries permits asset-rich Californians to stick the bill for their nursing home stays to taxpayers across the United States. Moreover, its approval will now surely set a precedent for other Medicaid jurisdictions to follow suit. <\/p>\n

The Social Security Act of 1940\u00a0has mandated\u00a0that Medicaid\u2019s eligibility guidelines include verification of assets, income and employment status. But, amid the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency measures were enacted, and Medicaid enrollment growth was facilitated\u00a0without the usual\u00a0verification of eligibility. <\/p>\n

This approach was designed to provide immediate relief during a crisis, but, by law \u2014 according to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act \u2014 was only a\u00a0temporary\u00a0measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Medicaid\u2019s suspension of eligibility determination protocols such as asset verification was similar to the SBA\u2019s\u00a0fraud-riddled\u00a0Paycheck Protection Program \u2014 pay first, verify later. And while millions of people kept their jobs and healthcare, it was at a cost of\u00a0hundreds of billions\u00a0of taxpayer dollars lost to fraud, waste and abuse. <\/p>\n

For instance, the Louisiana Department of Health spent $112 million on Medicaid coverage for nearly\u00a014,000 adults\u00a0who don’t appear to live in Louisiana, according to a state legislative audit. Simply “verifying” someone\u2019s address would have solved that problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Now that the pandemic has subsided and the public health emergency has ended, Medicaid is legally required to verify eligibility again. Nonetheless, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in violation of the Social Security Act of 1940, recently\u00a0approved California\u2019s request\u00a0for an amendment allowing it to waive the “asset verification” requirement for Medi-Cal recipients. <\/p>\n

American taxpayers are now required to cover 50% of the costs, amounting to thousands of dollars per affluent Californian annually, for a government welfare program originally designed to assist the indigent.<\/p>\n

There’s no rational justification for this. Any person living at or below 150% of the poverty line is already eligible for Medicaid. This policy shift\u00a0\u2014 the eradication of asset verification requirements \u2014 only benefits those who are relatively wealthy. The fact that this has been pushed through without a peep from those on the left or the right speaks volumes and signifies a new level of backdoor maneuvering. <\/p>\n

This is simply one more glaring example of Federal Government overreach. This unlegislated, stroke-of-the-pen policy change raises moral, ethical and even Constitutional concerns. Can one state, in concert with the executive branch, violate the law, circumvent Congress, and force the rest of the country to pay for it? <\/p>\n

California surely has a right to run up its deficits by spending $1 trillion a year, or even $10 trillion for that matter, on providing free healthcare to its residents \u2014 but it should never be permitted to do so using the hard-earned money taken from the middle-class taxpayers of other states; particularly if it is used to benefit the wealthy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM PAUL MANGO<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/state-taxing-middle-class-nationwide-give-wealthy-free-healthcare <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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