The Trojan Horse of Federal Assistance

Last week, we linked to this article on 'coercive Federalism.'  Today, we sat in on a panel on the same topic.  Many of the examples they cited were Medicaid related.  Here are the highlights:

• There isn't one example of the Federal government making Medicaid better or cheaper; Federal intrusion into Medicaid invariably leads to Higher Costs and Lower Quality.

• Medicaid has grown because of Federal Mandates.

• Center for Medicaid Services always piles bad regulations on top of whatever bad laws Congress writes.

• Obamacare "made a lot of things worse."

• Federal Money with strings "is one of the ways the Feds are taking over state governments."

• This is an insidious way to nationalize the standards of uncompetitive states.

• The Federal government is running deficits for the states.