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The main driver is increased state spending on health care, particularly Medicaid. That spending, which is mandatory, crowds out education funding, because sta
by mobilefriendly 9y ago
The main driver is increased state spending on health care, particularly Medicaid. That spending, which is mandatory, crowds out education funding, because states have a balanced budget requirement. Medicaid spending in Illinois, for example, is up 141% since 2000 and health care is 25% of the state budget. Obamacare, which did nothing to control health care costs, actually expanded Medicaid eligibility.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/health-care-costs-consume-25-percent-of-illinois-budget/ https://www.illinoispolicy.org/health-care-costs-consume-25-...
- jbapple 9y agoA. It is not mandatory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Federation_of_Indepen... B. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#Medicaid_expansion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Afforda...: "The federal government paid 100% of the cost of Medicaid eligibility expansion in participating states in 2014, 2015, and 2016; and will pay 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% in 2020 and all subsequent years."
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- Fomite 9y agoThere's also several states that have locked in that K-12 education automatically gets $X, while higher ed gets whatever is left over. Which means when the education budget gets squeezed, the university system shoulders the burden entirely.