HealthCare Notes

2/16/15

Kentucky Medicaid expansion reaping great rewards

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/13/1364299/-Kentucky-Medicaid-expansion-reaping-great-nbsp-rewards#
"Those gains boil down to a net budget gain of nearly $820 million for state and local governments. "For all the naysayers who claimed that expanding Medicaid was a budget-busting boondoggle, take a look at the facts," said Gov. Steve Beshear in response to the news.
There's also the other part—375,000 people who didn't have health care do now. That's saving lives. The Koch brothers must be so pissed."