Florida Governor Rick Scott Accused Of Using False Numbers To Justify Not Implementing Obamacare

Health News Florida reports that Governor Scott purposely used fake numbers to inflate the cost of Medicare so he could avoid implementing the Affordable Care Act.

Florida, which has one of the highest rates of uninsurance in the nation, could extend health coverage to about one million low-income residents by accepting Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion. But the governor — an ardent Obamacare opponent — has repeatedly said that expanding Medicaid would just be too expensive, claiming it would cost the state $26 billion over the next 10 years.

As Health News Florida reports, however, that figure from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is inflated because it doesn’t take into account the full amount that the federal government will reimburse states for choosing to expand Medicaid. A more accurate analysis found that expansion would cost the state around $1 billion.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.