Tag Archives: Medicaid

Republican Obstruction Will Cost Hospitals $53 Billion

Posted on October 27, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

Republican governors and local representatives complain about “government run healthcare,” but if they don’t get with the program, they may have no healthcare. According to new findings by the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPH), by 2019, … Continue reading →

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Chart of the Day

Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

via Kevin Drum Romney doesn’t want to spend as much on Medicaid as Obama does. In fact, he wants to take a chainsaw to it. Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt took a look at the Romney and Obama plans in … Continue reading →

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A District By District Map of Ryan’s Plan to Kill Medicaid And Medicare

Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

A map was generated by Democrats in congress last year after the GOP decided to embrace Paul Ryan’s “Path to Poverty” austerity budget, and it’s more useful and important now than it was then. Click through for the map which … Continue reading →

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Well, So Much for Expanding Medicaid

Posted on July 25, 2012 at 11:04 am by Bob Cesca

Most of the (red) states aren’t bothering to expand Medicaid to 133% of the federal poverty level, as per the greenlight from the Supremes. Map via Maddow Blog: We’re such a compassionate nation, aren’t we? [crickets] Heh-hello? Never mind.

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Keeping America Safe

Posted on July 24, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Keith Knight In other news, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the Supreme Court’s recent decision could lower the cost of the Affordable Care Act by $84 billion, but this comes at the cost of millions losing healthcare … Continue reading →

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Paradise Lost

Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced today that Texas will not implement a health insurance exchange market or expand Medicaid. Texas has the highest rate of uninsured persons in the nation. Just to be … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Law 'Infantalizes' Americans

Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:24 pm by Bob Cesca

Fox News psychiatrist Keith Ablow on the Affordable Care Act: “It absolutely infantilizes Americans, because listen, even adolescents or younger kids, they dream of the day when they are in charge of their own money…. What it does is deposits … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Part of Yesterday's ACA Decision

Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:08 am by Bob Cesca

This could be very bad. In a surprise move in its decision to uphold the ‘Obamacare’ mandate, the Supreme Court declared that states may opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion without losing all federal funds for the program. “In … Continue reading →

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We're Number One! American Exceptionalism!

Posted on May 30, 2012 at 7:28 am by Bob Cesca

Except for this. America has an insanely high percentage of child poverty. More than 20 percent of all children here live below the poverty line. Check the list: The top five positions in the league table are occupied by Iceland, … Continue reading →

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The (New) Largest Medicare Fraud Bust

Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

The Obama Administration is going after healthcare fraud with gusto. Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced the largest healthcare fraud bust of this administration, surpassing the previous record set in February. … Continue reading →

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