I'm surprised there's not an inflation thread yet
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Quote:In Florida, Republican Governor DeSantis decided he will be stripping people of Medicaid. He is not forced to, but he is doing it just because he wants to:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Don't forget to mention that you voted in the affirmative on a 1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill that will strip 19 Million Americans of their medicaid coverage come April, Bernie.
State projects 1.75 million Floridians could lose Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era law expires | By Stephanie Colombini
Published January 23, 2023 at 9:17 AM EST
States were not allowed to kick people off Medicaid during the pandemic even if they no longer qualified. As of April 1, they can. Health policy experts fear some people who remain eligible could still lose coverage during the process.
More than 1 million Floridians could lose Medicaid coverage this year as the state seeks to return enrollment to pre-pandemic levels.
The state can start disenrolling people who aren't eligible for the program anymore on April 1. It will be the first time the state has been able to do this since 2020, when the federal government mandated people enrolled in Medicaid get continuous coverage. Since then, enrollment in Florida’s program has nearly doubled, with more than 5 million beneficiaries as of last month.
A spending bill passed late last year changed that, including a provision that lets states begin to remove beneficiaries who no longer qualify.
States that do this will lose access to some federal matching funds. To help cover the cost of providing continuous coverage throughout the pandemic, Congress boosted Medicaid matching funds by 6.2%. That will drop down to 5% starting April 1, and will continue to gradually decline every few months this year.
Officials with the Florida Department for Children and Families say they have already identified about 900,000 cases of people who are no longer eligible for the state’s Medicaid program due to changes in income, age or other factors. Some of those people may qualify for other health coverage, such as the Florida KidCare program.
Of biggest concern to health policy experts like Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, are the folks who remain eligible but could slip through the cracks if bureaucratic issues arise.
“They are unable to get through to the state's call center if it's overwhelmed with calls to get help with the application, they don't get the letter in the mail about this renewal process and they lose coverage,” she cited as examples. “And maybe a parent is going to show up at a pharmacy and try to get their child's asthma prescription extended and the pharmacist is going to say, ‘Oh you're uninsured,’ and that’s how they find out.”
DCF estimates there are another 850,000 Medicaid recipients who haven't responded to requests for updated information and are at risk of losing coverage. Some may have gotten other health insurance in recent years, but Alker expects many may not have received or understood the communication.
She is especially worried about children in Florida, as they account for the largest portion of Medicaid beneficiaries in the state. Most will likely still be eligible for coverage this year, so Alker says it’s imperative the state ensure they don’t experience any disruptions in care due to administrative issues.
“If the state sees those kinds of coverage losses happening, it's really time to press the pause button,” she said.
The Department of Children and Families, which handles determining Medicaid eligibility, recently published a plan for how it will move forward with renewals. Officials say they will phase out the process over the course of 12 months. The Agency for Health Care Administration actually administers the Medicaid services.
Alker says it’s important the state take their time with this and provide resources to help families navigate renewals. This includes doing outreach in multiple languages for residents with lim
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Originally posted by second:Quote:In Florida, Republican Governor DeSantis decided he will be stripping people of Medicaid. He is not forced to, but he is doing it just because he wants to:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Don't forget to mention that you voted in the affirmative on a 1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill that will strip 19 Million Americans of their medicaid coverage come April, Bernie.
And it's only allowed because every single Democrat US Rep and Senator voted to make it possible signing a bill that will send $900 Billion more to the war machine, including a number in the Billions to Ukraine that could end world hunger for a year and a half.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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So, speaking of inflation... Food IMHO has gone up about 25 pct. Gasoline about 30pct. All somewhat painful when you're on a fixed income.
But have any idea what our HEATING BILL was last month??
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If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Quote:If Florida wanted more people to be eligible for Medicaid, there is nothing stopping Florida. But Florida doesn't want to help more and won't pay for more because Florida's Trumptards (which includes Trump) cheat when paying taxes.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:In Florida, Republican Governor DeSantis decided he will be stripping people of Medicaid. He is not forced to, but he is doing it just because he wants to:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Don't forget to mention that you voted in the affirmative on a 1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill that will strip 19 Million Americans of their medicaid coverage come April, Bernie.
And it's only allowed because every single Democrat US Rep and Senator voted to make it possible signing a bill that will send $900 Billion more to the war machine, including a number in the Billions to Ukraine that could end world hunger for a year and a half.
6ix, you are talking nonsense when suggesting the US would feed the world if $900 billion wasn't spent on defense. Spending on food aid to foreign countries is not limited by defense spending. The limit is set by Congressional generosity. The world would be wise not to depend on that unsteady generosity to keep them alive. The world better grow its own food and not depend on the shifting whims of Congress and Presidents.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:If Florida wanted more people to be eligible for Medicaid, there is nothing stopping Florida. But Florida doesn't want to help more and won't pay for more because Florida's Trumptards (which includes Trump) cheat when paying taxes.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:In Florida, Republican Governor DeSantis decided he will be stripping people of Medicaid. He is not forced to, but he is doing it just because he wants to:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Don't forget to mention that you voted in the affirmative on a 1.7 Trillion Omnibus Bill that will strip 19 Million Americans of their medicaid coverage come April, Bernie.
And it's only allowed because every single Democrat US Rep and Senator voted to make it possible signing a bill that will send $900 Billion more to the war machine, including a number in the Billions to Ukraine that could end world hunger for a year and a half.
WRONG again. Those people were put on medicaid because of the Federal tax dollars that were being given to the states because of multiple Trillion-Dollar-Plus spending bills. Florida cannot afford to keep them on medicaid without those Federal dollars. Those Federal dollars are still being spent now, but they're going to the war machine instead. And every single Democrat in the house and Senate voted for it.
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6ix, you are talking nonsense when suggesting the US would feed the world if $900 billion wasn't spent on defense.
I know I am. I'd be almost as angry about that if they did it. But all I heard on Twitter for months after Elon bought it was that he could have ended world hunger for a year with the price he paid.
Democrats always care about ending world hunger and medicare for all until they don't care about it anymore.
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Spending on food aid to foreign countries is not limited by defense spending. The limit is set by Congressional generosity. The world would be wise not to depend on that unsteady generosity to keep them alive. The world better grow its own food and not depend on the shifting whims of Congress and Presidents.
No shit.
But the one thing that never has to worry about the generosity of our Congress and our President with OUR MONEY is the fucking war machine.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So, speaking of inflation... Food IMHO has gone up about 25 pct. Gasoline about 30pct. All somewhat painful when you're on a fixed income.
But have any idea what our HEATING BILL was last month??
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Pity would be no more,
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My heating bill was $108 last month... Down about $50, but electricity was higher too so the bill was only about $35 cheaper than last year. But that's only because because I keep it just a little warmer than I need it to be to keep the pipes from freezing.
Good thing nobody drives coal burning cars around here or Electricity would have been $500 for the month.
I don't drive much, so the gas hasn't hurt me too badly. Most of my food was bought before Bidenflation made food prices insane, so I've only been stuck paying them on perishables up to this point.
But the sticker shock is getting pretty bad. I can only imagine how hard it is to be poor and not have a lot of reserves built up when you're living in Biden's America.
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Last year our January bill was about $120. This year it's four TIMES as high.
That's because last January the cost per therm was 0.8¢. THIS year it's 3.5¢... four times as high.
I know that gas prices are higher bc we're shipping gas to Europe, bc they stupidly cut themselves off cheap Russian pipeline gas... and we sealed the deal by blowing up 2 of 3 Nordstream pipelines.
But CA's mandate to EVs has raised electrical demand (raising KWH costs) and since our electricity is produced mainly from natgas, that has raised natgas demand.
And then SoCalGas has its own problem. They used to use depleted oil fields as reservoirs, buying natgas in the summer when it was cheap and pumping it underground, and drawing it down in winter, to stabilize prices. But since a blowout emptied their biggest reservoir (for lack of blowout protectors. Think Deepwater Horizon but on land, with gas) it's my understanding that SoCalGas no longer uses its reservoirs and is hostage to price fluctuations.
People here have been complaining for a while about electricity prices. We've been isolated from that bc we put solar cells up.
But this is a giant, instantaneous sticker shock. Honestly, I don't know why people here don't revolt.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Wait a minute... You're paying $3.50 per therm!!!!!
Holy shit. I thought it was bad in the south suburbs of Chicago when they were paying $1.21 up until last month when it dropped to $0.82.
Two months ago it was the highest I've ever seen here at $0.64 per therm, and they raised ours to about $0.72 so were almost even with Chicago suburbs now.
Last year was paying $0.50 per therm MAX. The year before that the maximum barely hit $0.40.
I would have asked how in the holy hell you could be spending $480 on heat in a month in California, but there's no mystery to it when you're paying more for a therm of Natural Gas than I'm paying for a gallon of gasoline for my car.
You need to move to Florida sigs. Damn....
ETA: I used 87 Therms last month (Down from 158 the same month the year before when I had the heat at 62 instead of between 49 and 55).
If I were living where you live, my bill would have been $304 instead of $101 and that would have been after freezing my ass off all month!
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Er.no. 3.5¢ (pennies) per therm.
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Pity would be no more,
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