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Trump budget proposal would repeal Obamacare, replace it with grants to states to subsidize private insurance
https://mynbc15.com/news/nation-world/obamacare-repeal-medicaid-cuts-in-budget
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https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-policy/trumps-medicaid-budget-plan-could-leave-states-and-enrollees-hanging
States asking HHS about the possibility of converting Medicaid to capped block grants without congressional action
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/434093-trump-health-chief-reveals-talks-with-states-on-medicaid-block-grants
Arizona Governor signs bill bolstering short-term insurance option
https://www.azfamily.com/news/health/ducey-signs-bill-expanding-short-term-health-plans-that-exclude/article_5d008516-4518-11e9-8b3f-776fdab8bae8.html
States fixing Obamacare Genius Masterminds screw-ups; state reinsurance programs reduce premiums 20%
https://avalere.com/press-releases/state-run-reinsurance-programs-reduce-aca-premiums-by-19-9-on-average
Kansas Farm Bureau hopes to follow in the footsteps of its counterparts in Tennessee and Iowa, offer consumers another choice with much lower premiums
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obamacare-pre-existing-kansas-farm-bureau_n_5c893fbae4b038892f49cd06
Utah legislature trims back voter-approved Medicaid expansion, curtails eligibility to control long-term costs
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/utah-legislative-session-ends-after-scale-back-of-medicaid-expansion/article_cfae9e54-46e4-11e9-b406-c7de7c280fb5.html
Senate Finance Committee scrutinizing improper Medicaid payments; states that ‘accidentally’ enroll people in Medicaid expansion instead of base program get outsized rewards
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-policy/grassley-toomey-launch-oversight-push-improper-medicaid-payments
Wisconsin Governor itching for Medicaid expansion, claiming there’s a crisis, but the fact is 92 percent of the expansion population already has insurance
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2019/03/analysis-gov-tony-evers-big-spending-health-care-budget-expands-government-hammers-private-sector/
Kansas House zeroes out funding for Medicaid expansion in budget, torpedoing Governor’s expansion proposal
http://kansaspublicradio.org/kpr-news/kansas-house-republicans-nix-medicaid-expansion-money
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!