claim: "[a]n extra 8 million americans [are] projected to join state medicaid programs in the next few years."
author: phil gingrey
evidence_1: apr 2, 2013 ... if a state chooses not to expand the program, the federal ... so while states have  the “carrot” of extra medicaid funding if they ... that millions of low-income  americans benefit from the expansion of medicaid coverage. ... dollars from state  budgets, as is the case in florida, where projected .... upcoming events.
evidence_2: most elderly who live beyond 75 or 85 years of age become frail at some point  and ... the argument that caring for an aging society could disable the american  ... the number of elderly over the coming years, from 35 million in 2000 to more  than .... in most states, the medicaid program pays for care for the poor and for  elders ...
evidence_3: medicare is a single-payer, national health insurance program in the united  states, begun in 1966 under the social security administration and now  administered by the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms). it  provides health insurance for americans aged 65 and older. .... the mediare part  c program uses these same two trust funds as well in a ...
evidence_4: americans can now count on access to health coverage throughout their lives,  and the ... in the uninsured rate since medicare and medicaid began (figure 1–).  ... states that decided to expand their medicaid programs saw larger reductions  in their ... losses in excess of $1 million, and additional funding for antifraud  efforts.
evidence_5: jul 30, 2018 ... the american public human services administration has raised significant ...  the organization states, “[e]stimates [that] up to two million current individual  snap ... snap benefit delivery, and other program changes, -$0.7 billion ... and  we will have results from independent evaluators in the next few years.