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Obamacare Medicaid Split Creates Two Americas for Poor (Time to vote for RATS)
MSN ^ | 1/06/14 | Alex Nussbaum, Alison Vekshin, Gigi Douban

Posted on 01/07/2014 2:10:54 AM PST by Libloather

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The Medicaid fight offers hope for Democrats whose 2014 election chances took a hit from the embarrassing October rollout of the insurance exchanges, said Ed Rendell, the former Pennsylvania governor and ex-chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In states like Florida and Pennsylvania, Medicaid may make a difference in governor’s races, he said.

“You’re telling people who don’t have health care now that you can give it to them, and that’s something that can get people off their duffs and turn out the vote,” Rendell said in a telephone interview.

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“We’re having a desperate struggle to pay for those on the rolls now, and to add several hundred thousand, the money’s not there,” said Alabama Representative Jim McClendon, the Republican chairman of the state House’s health committee. “It’s just that simple.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: husseincare; medicaid; obamacare; poor
Obamacare is expected to add about 13 million people to Medicaid over the next decade, at a cost of $710 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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The old American dream: (1) Get a job (2) Get married (3) Have two kids (4) Buy my own home (5) Take good care of my family.-------The new American dream: (1) Get on SSI Disability (2) Get on Medicaid (3) Get the rent paid for by the HUD Section 8 program (4) Apply for utilities subsidies (5) Get SNAP Food Stamps for groceries (6) Get a free Obama phone (7) Play video games, drink beer, and smoke weed every day.

1 posted on 01/07/2014 2:10:55 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I love reading the comments. Most of them I agree with.

I have a friend who just can’t understand Medicaid is welfare, not insurance.


2 posted on 01/07/2014 2:40:15 AM PST by gattaca ("If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain)
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To: Libloather
Dealing with high cholesterol, chronic sinus pain and a bad back, she depends on emergency rooms and nonprofit clinics -- when they can see her. “I’ve tried to go the clinic,” said Poindexter, who is 63. “They’re already booked by the time they get to me.”

And yet adding millions to the Medicare rolls is somehow supposed to miraculously solve the issue of waiting for appointments.

3 posted on 01/07/2014 5:41:10 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: VeniVidiVici

high cholesterol, chronic sinus pain and a bad back, she depends on emergency rooms and nonprofit clinics
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Why does any of that require an ER???

Take your generic statins, try a steam bowl w/eucalyptus and some decongestants, stretch that back and take a hot bath and some NSAIDS.

She should need to see a physician just to monitor the meds.


4 posted on 01/07/2014 11:06:09 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: Libloather

As long as the fake money to fund the party continues to work, it’s great to be a Democrat!


5 posted on 01/07/2014 11:07:46 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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