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“Scottie’s Star Trek Tricks”: Rick Scott’s Parallel Universe Of Ideological...
Via Think Progress, another item from the ever-increasing database of “facts” Republicans use to buttress ideologically dictated positions comes from everybody’s favorite health care expert, Florida...
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“Mooching Off Medicaid”: Conservatives Like Big Government Just Fine When It...
Conservatives like to say that their position is all about economic freedom, and hence making government’s role in general, and government spending in particular, as small as possible. And no doubt...
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“Politics Overwhelming Policy”: It’s Good Politics To Oppose The Black Guy In...
There’s a growing number of Republican-run states accepting Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, at least at the gubernatorial level, but South Carolina isn’t one of them. Gov. Nikki Haley...
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“Unconscionable But Irrelevant”: Florida GOP Legislature Puts Politics Over...
It seemed like a breakthrough moment. In late February, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who had made hating “Obamacare” his raison d’etre, announced his support for the Medicaid expansion policy in the...
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“A Matter Of Life And Death”: Leave It To Scott Walker To Turn Medicaid...
Several red states are turning down Medicaid expansion — only Scott Walker (R-WI) is actually using Obamacare as an excuse to cut Medicaid. Wisconsin’s Badgercare health care plan is one of the best in...
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“Let’s Take A Step Back”: Despite Crappy Journalism, Things That Are Still...
It’s been a pretty intense month on the health-care front, what with the beginning of open enrollment for the new exchanges giving rise to lots of disingenuous fulminating from Republicans, not to...
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“Medicaid Matters”: Where Is The Outrage Over GOP Governors Cutting Off...
E.J. Dionne Jr. raises an argument in his column this morning that’s been getting short shrift by too much of the political world lately: Medicaid expansion matters, and far too many state Republican...
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“Ideology Versus Pragmatism”: Republicans Consider Stripping Health Insurance...
In Arkansas, approximately 83,000 low-income residents are in danger of losing their health insurance as early as July 1. In 2013, Arkansas’ Republican-controlled legislature devised an alternative...
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“In Addition To Honesty, It Requires Accountability”: Ryan Unsuited To Lead...
These days, a favorite talking point of Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s is calling for an “adult conversation” about poverty. “It’s time for an adult conversation,” he told The Washington Post. “If...
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“Saving That ‘Worthless’ Medicaid”: The Idea Of ‘Worthless’ Is Correlated To...
As noted earlier today, it’s the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid. I strongly suspect the former will get more attention, because it’s a non-means tested program with an...
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