How the Feds Handcuff States to Medicaid

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

During the pandemic, the number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid skyrocketed from 75 million to 90 million. The issue? Not everyone currently enrolled in Medicaid is eligible.

And the federal government is trying to prevent states from removing ineligible Americans from their rolls.

This costs the taxpayer serious money, explains Hayden DuBlois, deputy research director at the Foundation for Government Accountability.

"The reality is very, very disastrous for state and federal taxpayers alike, for the truly needy who are kept waiting, for other budget priorities, which are now getting more and more crowded out by Medicaid as it's just consuming so much of state budgets," DuBlois says. "So it's really snowballed into this crisis that is quickly falling out of control."

DuBlois joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how the federal government is handcuffing states to Medicaid, and what conservatives should do to respond.

We also cover these stories:

The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case challenging affirmative action in higher education.
California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, introduces a bill to allow children 12 and up to get a COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent.
Seven Virginia school districts sue newly elected Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his executive order giving parents the right to decide whether their child wears a mask at school.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, January 25th.
0:10.0	I'm Virginia Allen.
0:11.0	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:12.7	During the pandemic, enrollees for Medicaid skyrocketed from 75 million Americans to 90 million.
0:19.0	The issue, not everyone currently enrolled in Medicaid, is eligible.
0:23.1	And the federal government is trying to prevent states from removing ineligible Americans
0:27.5	from their roles.
0:28.5	Deputy Research Director at the Foundation for Government Accountability, Hayden DeBloy's
0:33.1	joins the show to discuss how the federal government is handcuffing states to Medicaid.
0:38.3	But before we get to Doug's conversation with Hayden DeBloy's, let's hit our top news
0:42.4	stories of the day.
0:55.4	The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging affirmative action in higher education.
1:01.4	Affirmative action is the practice of showing preference to individuals who are a part of
1:06.2	a group who have formerly been oppressed.
1:09.8	Some colleges have been known to use affirmative action in their admissions process, accepting
1:15.2	students not based solely on merit, but also taking race into consideration.
1:21.1	The group, students for fair admissions, filed a lawsuit against Harvard and the University
1:26.7	of North Carolina, claiming that the schools discriminate against Asian American applicants
1:32.8	in the name of affirmative action.
1:35.1	The High Court announced Monday that they will take up the case, which has now been consolidated.
1:39.9	This Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments for the case during the next term, which
1:44.0	starts in the fall.
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