>Think tank cautions NJ needs to do more to prepare for Medicaid surge
As state plans for changes, conservative group differs from Rutgers study on impact of healthcare reform.
While supporting most of the measures the state is taking to address the rising cost of Medicaid, the Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, a conservative think tank, argues that more needs to be done if the state is to wrestle with a surge in Medicaid patients due to the federal Affordable Care Act.
Indeed, the think tank cites estimates developed by the Cato Institute that Medicaid patients could rise from its current 1.2 million members in New Jersey to more than 2 million. (Fitzgerald, NJ Spotlight)https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0215/0026/