Posts Tagged ‘medicaid’

Obama and the commerce clause

May 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Every so often a friend says something that says what I want to say so much better than I ever could.  In this case it’s CMC Sand.  I’ve quoted her here before.  In essence, the Obama administration has filed its response to a Michigan lawsuit challenging Obamacare.  They are saying the commerce clause supports what [...]

Health Care reform and program funding cuts

November 18th, 2009 | No Comments

I’m dealing with this right now: Most state agencies could face additional 6 percent budget cuts to help offset a projected $161 million revenue shortfall. Kerri Richardson, spokeswoman for Gov. Steve Beshear, said the administration is now gathering information on the potential impacts of the budget cuts. State Budget Director Mary Lassiter sent letters to [...]

This year’s health care reform and my alternative

July 16th, 2009 | No Comments

When Bill Clinton was in charge of things, he gave his wife the dubious task of reforming health care in the United States.  When it was all said and done, lots of rural hospitals had closed, 75% of all home health agencies quit, 75% of all national health insurance providers got out of health insurance, [...]

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]

Putting the health care issue in perspective

October 8th, 2007 | No Comments

Steve Verdon writes an article for Outside The Beltway that pretty much nails the health care debate that is occurring in this presidential election season: ….So here we see a situation where fixing the problem with people lacking access to health care could actually exacerbate the underlying problem of health care expenditures. This is one [...]

Urine test for social services?

August 7th, 2007 | No Comments

I just did a post on sending in the National Guard to solve our crime problem in Newark. Almost simultaneously I got an email that problably would put a serious dent in crime as well: Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my [...]