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The Blog for Sunday, February 20, 2005

Crap Jobs

    Jeez, I wonder how this could be?
    low-income working families ... make up the fastest-growing share of the 2.3 million Floridians now receiving Medicaid -- a program Gov. Jeb Bush is looking to revamp.
    Heck,
    The sharp rise in Medicaid rolls comes even as Florida leads the nation in job creation.
    Could it be that the "jobs boom" is nothing more than a bunch of crap jobs with either no health insurance coverage or, where coverage is made available to employees (for a fee of course) it is too expensive for employees?

    Florida's health insurance crisis has exploded under "Jeb!":
    Medicaid rolls have climbed 44 percent since Bush took office six years ago, and the program's costs this year are projected to gobble up about 25 percent of Florida's proposed $61.6 billion state budget. To stem the climbing costs, Bush has unveiled an ambitious but controversial plan to steer more recipients into managed-care programs, with a goal of reducing fraud and unnecessary treatment.
    Of course, these "reforms" are really devices to cut coverage and save money:
    But many lawmakers already are voicing fears that Bush's initiative may ultimately lead to cuts in health coverage for the poor. And some say there is likely a link between Florida's rising Medicaid rolls and the number of low-paying jobs being created.
    "Medicaid rolls climb despite jobs growth". See also "Proposed Medicaid overhaul to be dominant health care debate" and "Medicaid proposal has many on edge".

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