You know just how stupid and amoral Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) really is when he's being taken to task for his positions by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder who is perhaps most well-known for his willingness to poison most of the population of Flint. Johnson has been on an anti-Medicaid tear, trying to prove that it's a huge waste of tax dollars, has caused the opioid crisis, and should be abolished. He's been taking on the states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare, and has been so ridiculous in his attacks that he finally drew out Snyder.
Snyder wrote a letter to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., telling the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he "respectfully disagrees that the approach used in your letter to calculate the growth in expenditures is an accurate portrayal of this successful program."
The governor defended the Healthy Michigan program—which was authorized under the Affordable Care Act and provides covered to some 650,000 Michiganders—saying the method the senator used to suggest a 72% increase in costs between 2014 and 2015 was misleading when expenditures for the program’s services incurred in each of those years really went up by 45%.
"(T)his should be expected as enrollment ramps up in the first few years of a new program and then levels off, which is what we have experienced in Michigan," wrote Snyder. The governor also noted that total costs per member per month declined slightly over that time and that the state has seen "significant reductions—nearly 50%" in uncompensated medical care in the state.
That's a nice way of saying "you're an idiot who can't do math." Respectfully.