Medicaid is important to low income people and is important to health centers but its also very important to our innercity hospitals our academic medical centers what we call the disproportionate ID: 843239
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1 extending Medicaid coverage to everyone
extending Medicaid coverage to everyone up to 200% of the poverty level. Now I didnÕt win that argument but I did get them up from a much lower level that some of the other representat
2 ives on that group were pushing for to t
ives on that group were pushing for to the 138% level that the Affordable Care Act extends Medicaid coverage to. The Medicaid for the low income community is the best possible coverage
3 because of the benefits and services th
because of the benefits and services that it covers. So that was most important. Medicaid is important to low income people and is important to health centers but it's also very impor
4 tant to our inner-city hospitals, our ac
tant to our inner-city hospitals, our academic medical centers, what we call the disproportionate share hospitals, those that have a disproportionate share of patients who are uninsured
5 or underinsured. What do you think wil
or underinsured. What do you think will happen in this arena now? Can you put on your sort of forecasting hat and answer the question, will political philosophy give way to a pragmat
6 ic reality as people try and to respond
ic reality as people try and to respond to the needs of their own states?Dan Hawkins: On the one hand, I can stand back and sit back and say that it was understandable that some of the
7 Republican governors would say no way n
Republican governors would say no way no how to the Medicaid expansion before the election. I think the savviest one said well, we are looking at it carefully and we are going to be h
8 esitant and reluctant and it's going to
esitant and reluctant and it's going to take a while before we get to a decision. They were keeping their powder dry. I believe though that even the ÔHell, noÕ republican governors ar
9 e now even at this moment rethinking the
e now even at this moment rethinking their situation. The federal government registered the effects of simulated blasts on each of these elements to determine just what happens to the