'The U.S. can no longer afford to waste money on Medicaid. It is not cost-effective, and recipients don’t value it. As important, taxpayers are getting a bad deal,' James Rogan writes.
Spending on Medicaid does not increase physical well-being. As the Camden, New Jersey, study of Medicaid super users explains, patients who suffer from multiple chronic diseases that are a function of lifestyle
their lifestyles. They drain increasingly finite government resources without commensurate acts of personal responsibility.Well, in the United Kingdom's National Health Service, the government imposes triage on patients who won’t modify their behavior. Alcoholics who won’t quit drinking go to the back of the queue for liver transplants. The morbidly obese go to the back of the queue for joint replacements. Through its control of federal Medicaid spending, the U.S.
We also need to be honest about the opportunity cost involved in soaring Medicaid spending. When more money is spent on Medicaid, less money is spent on higher education. Intellectual capital is the most valuable asset of the U.S. And Medicaid. To be clear, when Medicaid spending is cut, people who are no longer eligible for Medicaid are not thrown out on the street. Such people will still be treated in hospital emergency rooms.
Top line: The U.S. can no longer afford to waste money on Medicaid. It is not cost-effective, and recipients don’t value it. As important, taxpayers are getting a bad deal.
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