We know everything [Obama thinks states will of course expand Medicaid]

We know everything.

Obama thinks  states will of course expand Medicaid. Many states did not.

With Medicaid in place,  there is no need to make payments for emergency room visits so thinks Obama. Guess what! Things don’t work out as Obama planned.  Lots of states did not sign up for an expansion of Medicaid.

The fourth Georgia hospital in two years is closing its doors due to severe financial difficulties caused by Obamacareâ€s payment cuts for emergency services.

The Lower Oconee Community Hospital is, for now, a critical access hospital in southeastern Georgia that holds 25 beds. The hospital is suffering from serious cash-flow problems, largely due to the areaâ€s 23 percent uninsured population, and hopes to reopen as “some kind of urgent care center,” CEO Karen Oâ€Neal said.

Many hospitals in the 25 states that rejected the Medicaid expansion are facing similar financial problems.

But the reality is more complicated. The federal government has historically made payments to hospitals to cover the cost of uninsured patients seeking free medical care in emergency rooms, as federal law mandates that hospitals must care for all patients regardless of their ability to pay.

Because the Affordable Care Actâ€s authors believed theyâ€d forced all states to implement the Medicaid expansion, Obamacare vastly cut hospital payments, the Associated Press reports.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/01/03/study-shows-medicaid-increases-emergency-room-visits

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