Posted on 06/01/2011 4:24:39 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON — The Health and Human Services Department is telling the state of Indiana that its Medicaid plan, which bans funding to Planned Parenthood, is illegal and must be changed. In a letter sent to Indiana's Medicaid director, and obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday, Medicaid Administrator Donald M. Berwick says Indiana's plan will improperly bar Medicaid beneficiaries from receiving services. Berwick writes that federal law requires Medicaid beneficiaries to be able to obtain services from any provider qualified to provide services.
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http://www.nachumlist.com/berwick.htm
When are we going to have a team of lawyers and law firms take up the rights of the unborn?
Is it illegal for them not to give me millions?? I am sure its in the Constitution somewhere....
“America to Obama:You Can’t Be President”
(father was Kenyan)
And his authority to make this demand is...?
Indiana to D.C.: Nuts!
Yes they can
Finally, We are going to get the true State rights vs Federal Government.
That and a lot more.
Isn’t the House capable of defunding/not funding any entity?
Berwick was a recess appointment in the last congress. He has no authority once the new congress was sworn in.
The Left Practices Genocide by Abortion
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16919
47 Million children have been aborted since R v W
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16919
Note: these are 5 year old stats. How many more millions have we committed the act of GENOCIDE on since then. I no longer use the benign PC term abortion. What we have allowed is GENOCIDE of the Unborn.
Sadly, he holds his post for the duration of the Congress following his appointmemnt.
The answer: refuse Medicaid money. End of problem.
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