Fireworks At Senate Committee Meeting On Medicaid
Explosive remarks at a Senate Finance Committee this week on Medicaid. Democrats attacked the recent One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), especially the impact of work requirements, reductions in coverage, and impacts on providers and hospitals. The bill reduces Medicaid expenditures from its baseline by about $1 trillion.
Republican senators on the other hand focused on Medicaid’s potential fraud. Brian Blase, PhD, founder and president of the Paragon Health Institute, said his organization finds that improper enrollment of certain Medicaid beneficiaries cost the federal government about $33 billion in 2024.
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https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaid/122489
Medicare Spending Briefer
Healthcare policy group has updated its frequent briefer on Medicare Facts. Among the key items in the report:
- 70M Americans, about 20%, are enrolled in Medicare.
- Medicare is about 21% of national healthcare spending.
- By 2060, one in four, or 92M, will be 65 or older.
- From 2020 to 2025, Medicare grew by 6.7% annually.
- Medicare spending has more than tripled since 2000.
- Medicare spending will be just short of $2 billion in 2036.
- While Medicare spending growth has been less than private coverage that will change in the future.
- Medicare Advantage will consume about two-thirds of all spending by 2035.
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— Marc S. Ryan
