A report out today announces that the number of doctors in Texas who will accept Medicaid patients will decline substantially as the Texas program ponders a cut of 1% in reimbursement for such patients. At the moment, only one third of Texas physicians will see Medicaid patients. If there is much of a cut, it may become extremely difficult for Medicaid patients to receive care across that state.
The important point here is that one of the principal methods of Obamacare to expand coverage is the mandate that states extend the scope of Medicaid to millions more people. Imagine, millions more on the rolls, but many fewer doctors to treat them due to declining reimbursements. It does not take much to imagine that the Obamacrats will soon mandate higher reimbursement for doctors from the state medicaid programs. Such a move, while clearly unconstitutional, will work to further undermine the solvency of the state governments.
So, Obamacare is a flawed methodology with a likely poor outcome. Indeed, it is the greatest achievement of the Obamacrats in decades (and it sucks).
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