Medicaid
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In its first decade, ObamaCare has failed to solve many of the health care problems it was supposed to address.
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Budgets/TaxesGovernment
Widespread Poverty Stats Greatly Overstate the Number of Americans Who Are Destitute
by James Agresti January 27, 2020Contrary to AOC, the facts are clear that frequently reported federal poverty stats vastly overstate the number of Americans who are destitute.
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In short, providing Medicare for All to millions of illegal immigrants is immoral, impractical, and completely unaffordable.
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Health Care
Study: Medicare For All Would Require Huge Tax Hikes On The Middle Class
by Chris Talgo October 8, 2019Several studies estimate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ recently released Medicare for All (M4A) plan would cost approximately $30–$40 trillion over the next decade.
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Democrats are calling the newest single-payer healthcare proposals “Medicare for All.”
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Budgets/TaxesLiberty
Abolish the Welfare State to Solve the National Debt Crisis
by Richard Ebeling April 9, 2019Why is it so difficult to win the case for freedom in modern American society?
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Uncategorized
Sanders’ ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ Boosts Government — Not Workers’ Prosperity
by Jesse Hathaway November 1, 2018Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders recently introduced legislation meant to coerce Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and other CEOs into enhancing the benefits and wages of their employees.
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Health Care
Can Democrats Save Entitlements And Healthcare?
by Jane M. Orient, M.D. October 23, 2018Both parties and all candidates have deep flaws, and problems have no sound-bite solutions. But at this point in history, there is a civil war over foundational principles. The agenda of a candidate’s party counts.
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Health Care
The De-sciencing of American Medicine and What It Means to You
by Jane M. Orient, M.D. September 13, 2018With all the talk about “evidence-based medicine,” you might think that doctors were becoming much more focused on rigorous science.
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After a federal judge blocked Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement, President Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers released a study that concluded many people who receive Medicaid benefits can work but choose not to.
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At the end of June, a U.S. District Court judge blocked Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin from imposing work requirements on Medicaid recipients. According to the ruling, Bevin’s reforms would have undermined Medicaid’s mission to help low-income Americans access medical care.
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Health Care
Medicaid Expansion Does Not Provide ‘Free’ Money
by Matthew Glans and Lindsey Stroud June 28, 2018The Virginia General Assembly’s decision to expand the state’s already costly Medicaid program will have widespread effects on the state’s health care market
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Health Care
Mandates: the Other Side of the ‘Right to Healthcare’
by Jane M. Orient, M.D. May 1, 2018A “right to healthcare” is a seductive idea that many Americans accept without thinking. But we need to take a closer look at what this means.