Rationing Begins: States Limiting Drug Prescriptions for Medicaid Patients

[JBond]

But, but, but, ..... I thought this was not going to happen. The government goons promised it would not happen.

Sixteen states have set a limit on the number of prescription drugs they will cover for Medicaid patients, according to Kaiser Health News.
Seven of those states, according to Kaiser Health News, have enacted or tightened those limits in just the last two years.

Medicaid is a federal program that is carried out in partnership with state governments. It forms an important element of President Barack Obama's health-care plan because under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act--AKA Obamcare--a larger number of people will be covered by Medicaid, as the income cap is raised for the program.

With both the expanded Medicaid program and the federal subsidy for health-care premiums that will be available to people earning up to 400 percent of the poverty level, a larger percentage of the population will be wholly or partially dependent on the government for their health care under Obamacare than are now.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/rati...icaid-patients

[VTA]

I have to wonder though, is this really some kind of partisan thing? Paul Ryan has advocated getting rid of Medicaid and Medicare entirely, and a working over of SS.
He seems to be a pretty popular figure for Republicans and one hand we have this admin causing crap to limit them and on the other we have a so-called ideological opponent calling to just dump it entirely. I don't really the know the details, so I'm not sure I can entirely connect the two schools of thought, but it does seem on the surface the goals not being too far apart.

[JBond]

His solution involves privatization and free market principles. Much better idea than government run BS. The point is that they said there would be no rationing, but it has already started. Once the new taxes kick in on medical equipment and drug companies, costs are going to skyrocket forcing even more rationing.