Piyush Jindal left office today. 100,000 residents of Louisiana will gain health care tomorrow.

[Jroc]

Edwards signs executive order to begin Medicaid expansion



Edwards signs executive order to begin Medicaid expansion

Medicaid

Though the federal government provides some Medicaid funds via matching rates, this welfare program has been taking up a larger and larger share of state budgets in recent years. In fact, Medicaid is the largest category of state spending, accounting for 23.6 percent of state budget expenditures according to the National Association of State Budget Officers. That percentage is likely to increase over time.
Like other welfare programs, this has a dual effect on state budgets during economic downturns because states face an increasing demand for Medicaid services while their revenues to pay for those services decline. Governors in the states are taking different approaches to deal with this problem. SBS President Bob Williams maintains that the Medicaid system needs to be fixed before it is expanded.

Read more: http://www.statebudgetsolutions.org/issues/view/breaking-news/44/medicaid#ixzz3x8Pr8ndo

 

[JakeStarkey]

14 million who had neither private insurance or medicaid.

Anyone who is compos mentis, which you aren't, knows that.



And medicaid is well run and more effective than most other programs.

So is medicare, which will be the platform when single payer comes into existence for all Americans.

 

[JakeStarkey]

SBS, Jroc's link, is a far public policy think tank that closely parrots Mises positions.

 

[Jroc]

14 million who had neither private insurance or medicaid.

Anyone who is compos mentis, which you aren't, knows that.



And medicaid is well run and more effective than most other programs.

So is medicare, which will be the platform when single payer comes into existence for all Americans.

I sure hope we have all those illegals covered. We should bring more in, everybody should have "free" insurance coverage.

 

[JakeStarkey]

14 million who had neither private insurance or medicaid.

Anyone who is compos mentis, which you aren't, knows that.



And medicaid is well run and more effective than most other programs.

So is medicare, which will be the platform when single payer comes into existence for all Americans.

I sure hope we have all those illegals covered. We should bring more in, everybody should have "free" insurance coverage.

Yep your young brain in mush.