The federal government would immediately have cave is why. If we are paying for Medicare/Medicaid out of every paycheck and they are stopping that flow in the other direction it is our and the states responsibility to try to redistribute those funds.
If you find me a state that doesn’t collect taxes and redistribute them I’d be surprised. Right now they collect from sales tax, state income taxes, property taxes and I’m sure I’m forgetting others. Redistribution of what we pay in federal income taxes wouldn’t end up having to happen as the federal government would give up right away if all the states were against it. They aren’t a foreign government against the states, even though they seem to be acting as it more and more.
Edit for more info: 78% federal funding, 22% state funded.
Federal taxes collected from Tennessee in 2020:
$67 Billion.
Medicaid budget total is $18.6B including the fed funding. That covers 1.5 million people currently. 5.3 million total population now.
So assuming federal taxes didn’t increase from 2020 to 2025) Tennessee could cover 100% of their population with said insurance and have ~10 plus billion left for other programs.
Note also prices usually decrease when you scale projects, especially when you already had coverage for the elderly, pregnant, and typically unhealthy covered under the original costs.
The federal government would immediately have cave is why. If we are paying for Medicare/Medicaid out of every paycheck and they are stopping that flow in the other direction it is our and the states responsibility to try to redistribute those funds.
Well call me when States implement redistribution of funds, because until that happens it means we’re left with no services at all.
If you find me a state that doesn’t collect taxes and redistribute them I’d be surprised. Right now they collect from sales tax, state income taxes, property taxes and I’m sure I’m forgetting others. Redistribution of what we pay in federal income taxes wouldn’t end up having to happen as the federal government would give up right away if all the states were against it. They aren’t a foreign government against the states, even though they seem to be acting as it more and more.
None of the states are funding Medicare and Medicaid Expansion, or social security, it’s a federal service.
Yes those are federal programs… What are you trying to say?
The states need to create their own, or US Citizens should continue to pay taxes and fight the Trump decisions in court.
Yes it would need expansion and creation for many states. Example from the state I am currently in (Tennessee). TennCare Medicaid: https://www.tn.gov/tenncare/members-applicants/eligibility/tenncare-medicaid.html
Edit for more info: 78% federal funding, 22% state funded.
Federal taxes collected from Tennessee in 2020: $67 Billion.
Medicaid budget total is $18.6B including the fed funding. That covers 1.5 million people currently. 5.3 million total population now.
So assuming federal taxes didn’t increase from 2020 to 2025) Tennessee could cover 100% of their population with said insurance and have ~10 plus billion left for other programs.
Note also prices usually decrease when you scale projects, especially when you already had coverage for the elderly, pregnant, and typically unhealthy covered under the original costs.
I don’t care about what they can or should do, UNTIL AFTER they do it I don’t support a taxation boycott.