The Trump administration is pushing work requirements for Medicaid and food assistance, or SNAP.
Month: August 2018
The New Health Care: The Large Hidden Costs of Medicare’s Prescription Drug Program
Premiums have risen very little in the years since Medicare Part D was introduced. But the same cannot be said of the burden on taxpayers.
Conservatives call for constitutional intervention last seen 230 years ago
Lawmakers push for ‘constitutional convention’ to restrict federal government – and it’s not as far fetched as it sounds
It’s been more than 230 years since America’s last constitutional convention, but there is growing confidence in some conservative circles that the next one is right around the corner – and could spell disaster for entitlement programs like medicare and social security, as well court decisions like Roe v Wade.
“I think we’re three or four years away,” said the former Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn on Friday, speaking at the annual convention for American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) – a powerful rightwing organization that links corporate lobbyists with state lawmakers from across the country.
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A Judge Blocked a Medicaid Work Requirement. The White House Is Undeterred.
Trump administration officials say they will still allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries, despite a federal court ruling that blocked such requirements in Kentucky.
Trump Administration To Overhaul A Program Designed To Save Medicare Money
The federal government will overhaul accountable care organizations, an Obama-era innovation. The change could lead to a dramatic decrease in hospitals and doctors participating in the program.
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The Health 202: Mississippi quietly amends its Medicaid work requirement waiver
Remember: Mississippi did not accept the ACA's offer to expand Medicaid.
Virginia GOP candidate attacks Muslim gubernatorial candidate as an ‘ISIS commie’
Corey Stewart, a neo-Confederate and the Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia, called Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed an “ISIS commie” on Twitter Wednesday.
Michigan almost elected a far left ISIS commie.
This guy wants to abolish ICE & won 300,000 votes. Dangerous stuff.
Don't let wimpy @timkaine bring this dangerous, far left communism to VA.https://t.co/7SdQmrS70x
— Corey Stewart (@CoreySte...
FACT CHECK: Sanders spins savings in Medicare plan
AP FACT CHECK: Sanders mischaracterizes study to make questionable claim that his "Medicare for all" plan will reduce U.S. health spending by $2 trillion