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1) It doesn't matter

What do you mean? Of course it matters. Medicaid is for people who need it the most. It has limited resources.

2) We will never know because of HIPPA

I suspect we’ll know, by back checking eligibility for other programs.

3) If indeed they are, the burden they would put on the Medicaid system is near zero

I doubt that. If they cost next to nothing then that means they’re not using many services…which means they’re likely pretty healthy (and could work).

(4) Just because they have, or get a job doesn't mean they get other health insurance

Which is what the ACA exchanges are for. Why else do we have Obamacare?

5) In an emergency, they will still get care in the ER, and the hospital will pass those costs onto others.

…which is an argument to put them on their own private plan, not the public one.

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