U.S. court rejects Maine's effort to trim Medicaid rolls

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

BY DAVE SHERWOOD
BRUNSWICK Maine Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:05pm EST

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Maine's effort to trim some young people from its Medicaid rolls, saying the move would violate the Affordable Care Act.

Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage, a critic of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, which is also known as Obamacare, had proposed in 2012 cutting non-disabled 19- and 20-year-olds from the state's Medicaid program to help balance the budget.

A judge on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Monday the move would violate a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that forbids states from tightening Medicaid eligibility requirements for at least nine years.

Chief Judge Sandra Lea Lynch wrote that the provision served "the legitimate purpose of ensuring that children do not lose health insurance as the country transitions from the pre-ACA Medicaid regime to the post-ACA Medicaid regime."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/18/us-usa-maine-medicaid-idUSKCN0J200920141118

[Omaha Steve]

1. One small step for the sick in Maine,...

K&R!

[johnfunk]

2. Suck it, Governor LePetomane!

Yeah, yeah, I know his name is LePage, but everything out of his piehole is verbal flatulence.

[dionysus]

3. i'm from Maine and that fat little fuck LePage.... a living, breathing piece of human shit....

[Quackers]

4. I'm bothered by the fact

That after the 9 year wait period is over, states can cut people from Medicaid with bs like this.

[jamzrockz]

5. 19 an 20 yr olds?

Shouldn't these people be on their parents insurance plan?

[CreekDog]

6. all parents have insurance?

all 19 and 20 year olds, poor ones, have parents who are not only employed, but whose employers offer health insurance to them and their dependents?

what country do you live in, are you that out of touch?

[jamzrockz]

7. I know not all adults have insurance

But we are talking about Maine here not some poor southern state. My surprise is that even in a state like Maine and with ACA already being implemented, there are that many 19-20 yr olds for this to be a real problem.

[Android3.14]

9. Maine wealthy?

Maine is 32 for average income.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income

Why would you spread misinformation? members of one particular party are the ones who like to imply that poor folks are receiving something they don't actually deserve (food, shelter and healthcare), accuse northeastern states of behaving like wealthy nannies and think that young people must all have supportive parents and don't really need healthcare because, you know, Jesus.

[jamzrockz]

11. Sue me

for thinking Maine like most NE states have higher average income than the rest of the country. How you came up with that post after reading what I wrote is beyond me. So I was wrong, Maine is below median line for average income and not one of the top states in income earners, I wouldn't be the last person to get that wrong.

Why would you spread misinformation? members of one particular party are the ones who like to imply that poor folks are receiving something they don't actually deserve (food, shelter and healthcare), accuse northeastern states of behaving like wealthy nannies and think that young people must all have supportive parents and don't really need healthcare because, you know, Jesus.

Apart from the first two sentences, your reply seems to be very misplaced. I am not trying to spreading misinformation, I said something which I never represented as fact and I was corrected on it. Also, poor people tend to need more assistance purchasing expensive and life essential items like healthcare, this does no mean it is "something they don't actually deserve" as you put it. Yes not all people have supportive parents but I would guess that the vast majority of parents would gladly put their children under their insurance plans if it cost them nothing. Which if I am correct means that most of the kids not getting insurance have just about nothing to do with them not having supportive parents and more with their parents not having health insurance to begin with.

Chill man and please read carefully before further putting words into my writing.

[CreekDog]

10. Maine didn't implement ACA, you have no idea what you're talking about...

second, the wealth of the state is not the issue, these are people that qualified for Medicaid, they're poor, and without ACA expansion in Maine, likely very poor.

why don't you learn about the topic before spreading misinformation on it?

[jamzrockz]

13. There it is again

This line that I am spreading misinformation. Thanks for correcting me, but you don't have to accuse me of doing anything. This is a political forum where people discuss political matters and yes I should try and research every point I make before clicking the send button. But I don't think calls for you and the other poster accusing me of spreading misinformation.

[CreekDog]

16. Misinformation is simply saying the wrong thing

and you spoke with authority, like you knew what you were talking about, but you shouldn't have.

[Bandit]

8. cutting non-disabled 19- and 20-year-olds from the state's Medicaid program to help balance the bud

When the Federal government pays 100% of the cost of Medicaid, how could cuts in it help him balance his budget? The man is an out an out LIAR

[jamzrockz]

12. Actually, the feds

cover about 93% of the medicaid expansion cost up until 2022 when the fed will go back to paying about 57% of medicaid cost. But with economic stimulus that comes with feds almost completely financing medicaid, I cannot for the life of me understand why any governor will be complaining about cost.

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3161

[Bandit]

14. that is not true

The Feds pick up 100% through 2017 and then they pick up 97%.

[jamzrockz]

15. I know there are quite a few changes in ACA

but do you have a link corroborating your claim?