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– #SinglePayer most Mondays here
– All the Bad News About Obamacare most Saturdays here
Obamacare conceptual train wreck – repeal the individual mandate but keep the preexisting conditions mandate. Numbers show slow-motion death spiral underway.
https://nypost.com/2019/02/11/why-repeal-of-the-individual-mandate-hasnt-yet-brought-obamacares-death-spiral/
Alaska (a Medicaid expansion state) hits the wall – Governor seeks $200 million in cuts to Medicaid program; opponents say state can’t refuse to receive federal funds
https://www.ktva.com/story/39962113/dunleavy-budget-cuts-to-medicaid-draw-backlash
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http://www.sitnews.us/0219News/021319/021319_medicaid.html
Maine already $40 million over projected biennium budget for Medicaid expansion
https://www.themainewire.com/2019/02/gov-mills-budget-grows-maine-government-to-unsustainable-levels/
New Mexico’s Dem Governor seeks to undo skin-in-the-game Medicaid premiums and co-pays (and the price tag is….?)
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/new-mexico/legislature/2019/02/14/nm-reverses-course-medicaid-charges-patients-drugs-healthcare/2865567002/
Utah’s (second) limited Medicaid expansion (100% FPL, caps) may encourage states that have not expanded Medicaid to follow suit
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190211/NEWS/190219997
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https://khn.org/news/utahs-novel-plan-for-medicaid-expansion-opens-door-to-spending-caps-sought-by-gop/
Utah Governor’s plan to trim back voter-mandated Medicaid expansion will actually cost the state MORE in the short term
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-utah-medicaid-20190213-story.html
Deconstructing the Single Payer Narrative (tweets & analysis) –
http://www.liberato.us/single-payer.html
REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!
– legalize true catastrophic insurance
– return Medicaid to a poverty program
END THE OBAMACARE CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION!