Medicaid Is Worse Than No Coverage at All

Scott Gottlieb: Medicaid Is Worse Than No Coverage at All - WSJ.com: Federal rules say that everyone has to get the same package of benefits, regardless of health status, needs or personal desires. These rules reflect the ambition of liberal lawmakers who cling to the dogma that Medicaid should be a 'comprehensive' benefit. Because states are forced to offer everyone everything, the actual payment rates are driven so low that beneficiaries often end up with nothing in practice. Dozens of recent medical studies show that Medicaid patients suffer for it. In some cases, they'd do just as well without health insurance.