Tag Archives: Medicaid Expansion

CATO Institute: Ilya Shapiro: ‘ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism’

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:FreeState Now I would’ve gone farther to bring down healthcare costs with things like preventive care, taxing junk food and drink, getting junk food and drink out of public schools, encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise, mandatory physical education … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Times: Report: David G. Savage & Noam N. Levey: Medicaid Could be in U.S. Supreme Court’s Sights

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStateNow on WordPress, March, 2012 As part of trying to expand health insurance to uninsured Americans in 2010, when President Obama and Congressional Democrats created the Affordable Care Act in 2010, They put … Continue reading →

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TruthOut: A.W. Gaffney: ‘The Problem With The Private Option’

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  You can get on right-wing governors for not expanding Medicaid in their state all you want. But the fact is if Medicaid wasn’t an unfunded mandate to begin with which is a Federal program that is forced … Continue reading →

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The Fiscal Times: Eric Pianin: The Unintended Consequences of Expanding Medicaid

Posted on January 3, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  I have a hard time believing that people on Medicaid would end up going to the emergency room more often now that they have health insurance especially for conditions that aren’t emergencies. As this article from The … Continue reading →

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