GOP Cruelty: Budget Would Leave 44 Million Poor People Uninsured

marmar

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Tue May-10-11 05:01 PM
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GOP Cruelty: Budget Would Leave 44 Million Poor People Uninsured

Washington Monthly via AlterNet:

GOP Cruelty: Budget Would Leave 44 Million Poor People Uninsured

Unlike the House Republican plan to end Medicare, which is fading fast, the GOP�s vision for Medicaid is worth worrying about � not because it�s worse, but because it has a better chance at passing.

The consequences for millions would be severe.

The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states� Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday.

The analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute concluded that Medicaid�s role as the nation�s safety net health care program would be �significantly compromised � with no obvious alternative to take its place,� if the GOP budget is adopted.

This isn�t exactly a secret; proponents of the GOP agenda know this would happen. Indeed, for many, it�s a feature, not a bug � turn Medicaid over to states in the form of block grants; save a lot of federal funds; and let states start limiting access and /or rationing health care serves for beneficiaries. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/584059/gop_cruelty%3A_budget_would_leave_44_million_poor_people_uninsured/

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Wounded Bear

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Tue May-10-11 05:03 PM
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1. They're after us, as in me personally...

Washington had one of the best state systems of health care. It's rapidly being defunded and shredded as we watch.

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wilt the stilt

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Tue May-10-11 05:20 PM
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2. This harkens back to their true dreams

The poor house and debtor prisons. Those dreams are orgasmic to them.

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Cass

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Tue May-10-11 05:31 PM
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3. Listen, the most important thing we have to remember is that as long as

the filthy rich and corporations pay the least amount in taxes ($0 preferrably), that's all that matters. The rest of us will have to make sacrifices for the good of the country. Its our duty as patriots so the wealthy won't have to be inconvenienced.

:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

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WinkyDink

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Tue May-10-11 06:00 PM
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4. "GOP Cruelty" = Redundancy

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fascisthunter

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Tue May-10-11 06:05 PM
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5. treason.... they may as well consider themselves as being terrorists

they attack other americans everyday.... they try to kill their own countrymen and women. What? You think these policies don't kill folks? Republicans are sociopaths who would sell their own mothers if they could get a buck.

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indepat

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Tue May-10-11 07:44 PM
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6. Cruelty that raises depravity to an art-form

:patriot:

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