Posted on 10/12/2009 3:12:47 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Minnesota and other states are worried that emerging plans to overhaul the nation's health care system could leave them facing a expensive new obligation to cover the poor without the money to pay for it.
As the health care debate speeds toward a climax in Congress, cash-strapped state officials are running the numbers to gauge the impact on their budgets, which are already bleeding red ink from hard economic times.
Minnesota's two U.S. senators, both Democrats, are taking notice. In a letter last week to Senate Democratic leaders, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken expressed general support for health care changes that expand Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income children, pregnant women and disabled people.
But they cautioned that parts of a Senate health care bill could harm states such as Minnesota that have more generous Medicaid eligibility policies. The $829 billion bill, which comes up for a vote Tuesday, would give states with less generous benefits a greater share of federal assistance in order to raise their coverage levels.
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I haven't been to the Cities, but I have been up North. How the hell did this happen?
“I haven’t been to the Cities, but I have been up North. How the hell did this happen? “
Three answers, ACORN, sleaziness, and democrats.
ACORN.
Suddenly, it isn’t fun anymore, giving away money to people who have no intention of ever being a productive member of society...
Or, even live in Minnesota.
Wow!!
Thanks.....hadn’t heard that one!!
I think it was obvious that ACORN and at least a few Democrats continued "finding" and creating votes long after the election was over.
Poor Norm Coleman and the Republicans stopped after election day, that was a big mistake.
That’s one of the points to all this, to transfer large parts of the costs to the States.
So, then, what about state’s rights?
Many feel it is a quaint idea, but when has it been possible to refuse federal mandates? It may be the concept that saves us, but the courts need to recognize those rights when litigation is started to sort it out.
Hey Minnesota, you wanted him, you got him.
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