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tod evans
03-24-2017, 03:49 PM
From Drudge;


In 24 States, 50% or More of Babies Born on Medicaid; New Mexico Leads Nation With 72%

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/24-states-50-babies-born-medicaid

In 24 of the nation’s 50 states at least half of the babies born during the latest year on record had their births paid for by Medicaid, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

New Mexico led all states with 72 percent of the babies born there in 2015 having their births covered by Medicaid.

Arkansas ranked second with 67 percent; Louisiana ranked third with 65 percent; and three states—Mississippi, Nevada and Wisconsin—tied for fourth place with 64 percent of babies born there covered by Medicaid.

New Hampshire earned the distinction of having the smallest percentage of babies born on Medicaid. In that state, Medicaid paid for the births of only 27 percent of the babies born in 2015.

Virginia and Utah tied for the next to last position, with 31 percent of the babies born on Medicaid.

However, according to KFF, some of the nation’s most populous states shared the distinction of having 50 percent or more of the babies born there born on Medicaid.

http://cdn.cnsnews.com/styles/content_100p/s3/chart-states_ranked_by_babies_born_on_medicaid.jpg

In California, Florida and Illinois, for example, 50 percent of all babies were born on Medicaid in the latest year on record.

In New York, 51 percent of the babies were born on Medicaid.

In Ohio, 52 percent of babies were born on Medicaid.

The Kaiser Family Foundation gathered its data on the number of babies born on Medicaid in each state by surveying the state Medicaid directors.

“Medicaid directors were asked to provide the most recent available data on the share of all births in their states that were financed by Medicaid,” said a KFF report.

“About half of the states were able to provide data for calendar 2015 or fiscal year 2015,” said KFF. “Other states generally provided data from 2013 or 2014. On average, states reported that Medicaid pays for just over 47 percent of all births.”

“Eight states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia) reported that Medicaid pays for 60 percent or more of all births in their state,” reported KFF.

The KFF survey said data from Hawaii was not available.

A study published by the journal “Women’s Health Issues” in 2013 looked at births covered by Medicaid in the years 2008, 2009, 2010. The report said it was trying to establish a “baseline” for Medicaid-covered birth before the Affordable Care Act’s—AKA Obamacare’s—expansion of Medicaid kicked in.

“Starting in 2014,” said this report, “some states will extend Medicaid to thousands of previously uninsured, low-income women. Given this changing landscape, it is important to have a baseline of current levels of Medicaid financing for births in each state.”

That study, done by researchers at George Washington University and the March of Dimes, determined that in 2008, 40.08 percent of the births in the United States were covered by Medicaid; and that, in 2009, 43.89 percent were covered by Medicaid.

By 2010, according this report, the percentage of births in the United States covered by Medicaid had risen to 47.75 percent—or 1,805,151 out of 3,780,519 total births.

Another report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later in December 2013, looked at the form of payment for births in the 33 states and the District of Columbia that as of 2010 had adopted the 2003 version of “U.S. Standard Certificate for Live Birth.” This certificate specifically asks the mother to say which of four categories the payment for her child’s birth falls into: private insurance, Medicaid, self-pay, or other.

This data, according to the CDC, covered all 2010 births in the 33 states and the District of Columbia, which accounted for 76 percent of all births in the nation in that year. According to the CDC, this data revealed that 44.9 percent of the babies born in these jurisdictions in 2010 were born on Medicaid.

In this 2010 CDC data for 33 states, New Mexico also led with the highest percentage of births on Medicaid—with 57.5 percent of all babies born there that year having their births covered by Medicaid.

IDefendThePlatform
03-31-2017, 06:19 PM
Wow more than 47% of births in America are paid for by Medicaid. That's an insane societal shift.

timosman
03-31-2017, 06:27 PM
Wow more than 47% of births in America are paid for by Medicaid. That's an insane societal shift.

Yeah, we get smarter people!:eek:

NorthCarolinaLiberty
03-31-2017, 06:28 PM
Good stuff, and I am outa rep for the OP. These are good and informative stats that should appear on this forum. Much more important than all the personality politics on tee vee.


It's funny how the "Planned Parenthood" supporters claim that no government funds go to abortion when all they really do is some slick itemizing with their accounting.

AuH20
03-31-2017, 06:34 PM
This has raced past the point of good will. I wish none of them any harm, but build a mile high wall if necessary to keep the locusts out. Any impediment, including a psychological one like a massive wall, must be considered. The process must be made as grueling and demeaning as possible because that's the only things humans understand. Being nice and magnanimous doesn't work, especially when you juxtapose this approach with friends and family that will exploit your kindness.

Zippyjuan
03-31-2017, 07:28 PM
Good stuff, and I am outa rep for the OP. These are good and informative stats that should appear on this forum. Much more important than all the personality politics on tee vee.


It's funny how the "Planned Parenthood" supporters claim that no government funds go to abortion when all they really do is some slick itemizing with their accounting.

Planned Parenthood can help reduce the number of babies being born and being charged to the taxpayers if that is what you are concerned about.

NorthCarolinaLiberty
03-31-2017, 07:30 PM
Planned Parenthood can help reduce the number of babies being born and being charged to the taxpayers if that is what you are concerned about.


Oh, I see; taxpayer money spent instead of--taxpayer money. Brilliant idea.

Zippyjuan
03-31-2017, 07:32 PM
They don't have to be publicly funded.

NorthCarolinaLiberty
03-31-2017, 07:35 PM
They don't have to be publicly funded.

But it is publicly funded.

And I will insert these questions before ZippyJuan does his patented addressing of practical consequences instead of actually indicating support for, or opposition to, an issue. That is because I have never, ever seen ZippyJuan indicate his stance on one of these issues. Never. Not once. Never in 9 years on this forum.


Zip,

Do you support Planned Parenthood? Do you think people should take care of their own kids instead of the government?

timosman
03-31-2017, 07:38 PM
They don't have to be publicly funded.

Zippy is a perfect ignoramus. He is still doing his research.:cool:

TheCount
03-31-2017, 07:39 PM
This has raced past the point of good will. I wish none of them any harm, but build a mile high wall if necessary to keep the locusts out.Who is "them"? Do you think that 50% of the births in the country are the children of illegal immigrants?

timosman
03-31-2017, 07:41 PM
Who is "them"? Do you think that 50% of the births in the country are the children of illegal immigrants?

Do you think you are not stupid?:confused:

NorthCarolinaLiberty
03-31-2017, 07:44 PM
Who is "them"? Do you think that 50% of the births in the country are the children of illegal immigrants?



Here's the other one. The prof always pointing out the effects, but also with the nice twist of asking his pedantic questions instead of answering any or providing his stance on an issue.

Do you support Planned Parenthood? Do you think the government should take care of kids instead of their parents?

fr33
03-31-2017, 08:01 PM
Planned Parenthood can help reduce the number of babies being born and being charged to the taxpayers if that is what you are concerned about.

Kind of like with deportation. We should end the welfare state first before making abortion illegal. It would wean people off the practice and promote responsibility.

AuH20
03-31-2017, 08:10 PM
Who is "them"? Do you think that 50% of the births in the country are the children of illegal immigrants?

No, but look at the state at the top of the list. Which general ethnic group is infamous for churning out kids and being highly dependent on social services? A growing pattern is driving these numbers. Medicaid should be phased out, but in the interim we should not be expanding it's scope to wayfarers who fall across border.

TheCount
03-31-2017, 08:20 PM
Which general ethnic group is infamous for churning out kids and being highly dependent on social services?"Them" evidently. That would mean that Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are full of "They".

timosman
03-31-2017, 08:32 PM
Kind of like with deportation. We should end the welfare state first before making abortion illegal. It would wean people off the practice and promote responsibility.

Responsibility?:eek:

NorthCarolinaLiberty
03-31-2017, 09:25 PM
"Them" evidently. That would mean that Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are full of "They".


Maybe "they" are black people, Hispanics, Indians, and, of course, women?

It's liberals like you who are always telling everyone how these groups are "disadvantaged." Sometimes these charts don't follow direct patterns, but I'd guess some of the people in New Mexico are Indian and Hispanic. Some in LA, AR, and MS are probably poor black people.

If you're having a baby, then I guess you pull out all the stops to get some cash. People jumping on an opportunity.

On the other hand, the government has simply enabled many of these groups. Malcolm X warned blacks of selling their freedoms for stuff. Women are going for government money because they are going to get someone to care for their kids. Indians just got run over.

So, liberals vilify white men and mock the family institution. Maybe "they" is actually people like you who incessantly promote this societal divisiveness.










Who Participated in 2012 [government assistance programs]?

Children under age 18: Those under 18 were more likely to receive means-tested benefits than all other age groups.

o In an average month, 39.2 percent of children received some type of means-tested
benefit, compared with 16.6 percent of people age 18 to 64 and 12.6 percent of people
65 and older.

The black population: At 41.6 percent, blacks were more likely to participate in government assistance programs in an average month.

o The black participation rate was followed by Hispanics at 36.4 percent, Asians or Pacific
Islanders at 17.8 percent, and non-Hispanic whites at 13.2 percent.

Female-householder families: At 50 percent, people in female-householder families had the highest rates of participation in major means-tested programs.

o The rates for people in married-couple families and male-householder families were 14.7
percent and 29.5 percent, respectively.

Non-high school graduates: 37.3 percent of people who did not graduate from high school received means-tested benefits.

o 21.6 percent of high school graduates and 9.6 percent of individuals with one or more
years of college participated in one of the major means-tested government assistance
programs.

The unemployed: In an average month, 33.5 percent of the unemployed received means-tested benefits in an average month of 2012.

o By comparison, 25.3 percent of those not in the labor force, 17.6 percent of part-time
workers, and 6.7 percent of full-time workers participated in means-tested programs.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-97.html

oyarde
03-31-2017, 10:40 PM
Who is "them"? Do you think that 50% of the births in the country are the children of illegal immigrants?

Half are tax ticks . One tax tick costs the few productive people the same as another . I am opposed

heavenlyboy34
03-31-2017, 10:41 PM
Interesting thread is interesting. I expected KY and OH to be higher on the list.