The Left Is Angry That Bush Won’t Allow Them To Expand Welfare, Therefore Bush Hates Kids
Reuters, the NYT’s and WaPo all are carrying the same article with their own little added touch of BDS, but all three stories have this sentence:
states must demonstrate that they have “enrolled at least 95 percent of children in the state below 200 percent of the federal poverty level” who are eligible for either Medicaid or the child health program
based on the coverage at memeorandum, one would think that Bush is out of line. SCHIPS is for poverty/low income children Joe, not middle class families. The arguement is that states have been expanding for 10 years and Bush is destorying this. Regardless, 10 years later, there are still 6 million children eligible for Medicaid that have not signed up and only 700,000 children left eligible for SCHIP but unenrolled. That is a classic example of rearranging a problem with more money, which is how Washington creates entitlements.
Paul Howard has a perfect example of what happens when one is dependent on the government:
Nicole Garrett is not one of the uninsured. Her family is covered by Michigan’s Medicaid program. And so when her daughter Jada developed painful joint inflammation and needed to see a specialist, she turned to her Medicaid plan. But if she had coverage, she lacked access: there was only one rheumatologist in her network, and the wait to see him was more than three months. Unfortunately, her story is all too common, an example of the failure of public programs ” designed with the best of intentions ” to produce acceptable outcomes. With Congress debating a massive expansion of such programs, the better prescription is for a smarter safety net, not a pricier one.
For millions of Medicaid patients, finding access to a doctor who accepts Medicaid’s low reimbursement rates is an agonizing struggle. As Ms. Garrett told the Wall Street Journal recently, “when we had real insurance, we could call [a doctor] and come in at the drop of a hat.” In fact, according to 2006 study by the Center for Studying Health System Change, over 20 percent of doctors have stopped accepting new Medicaid patients – a rate “five times higher than for privately insured patients.”
Today, states spend more money on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education. And many states have lavish plans that (on paper) cover at least as many services as private insurance. But they offer doctors only a fraction of what private insurers pay.
Jason has another take on this
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August 21, 2007 - 09:51 AM on August 21st, 2007
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August 21, 2007 - 10:46 AM on August 21st, 2007
Bush’s Approval Nearly Twice that of Congress
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August 21, 2007 - 11:08 AM on August 21st, 2007
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August 21, 2007 - 12:49 PM on August 21st, 2007
Executive Sumary on 9/11
The Executive Summary on 9/11, completed in June 2005 and kept classified until now, is a 19-page executive summary that finds extensive fault with the actions of senior CIA leaders and others beneath them. CIA watchdog: Agency officers did not
August 21, 2007 - 12:53 PM on August 21st, 2007
BILL CLINTON said he cared about kids then vetoed a bill to ban partian birth abortions BILL CLINTON A DRAFT DODGING WAR MONGER AND CHILD KILLER
August 21, 2007 - 01:30 PM on August 21st, 2007
Are you Male or Female?
Are you male or female? To find out the answer, look down…
August 21, 2007 - 01:52 PM on August 21st, 2007
We’re in the final stretch, get out and vote! (OTB)
Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for, and now is the time to make your voice heard. Who better that Iraqi War Vet to know how important it is to seal our borders? I’m talking about North, South, East and West! C’mon folks. Get up, get out, …..
August 21, 2007 - 02:00 PM on August 21st, 2007
Name the judge
Walker is a menace, and some kind of bail needed to be set. Does the Post feel it isn’t necessary to say who the judge was? Then I would remind them of this story from the Tampa area. If judges aren’t held accountable, people can lose their lives. Ju…
August 21, 2007 - 03:23 PM on August 21st, 2007
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August 21, 2007 - 03:42 PM on August 21st, 2007
Well of course! Bush daring to deny the Democrites the use of your taxes to expand the Democrite virtual plantation, enablig them to purchase more votes for 2008, translates directly into:
Bush hates kids, wants to starve the poor, wants to take from the poor to give to the rich, as Republicans alwys want to do! He also wants to poison our air and water, destroy the environment, and kill millions more innocent Itaqis!
This resonates with the seriously mentally ill crowd (the core of the Democrite party today).
August 21, 2007 - 04:01 PM on August 21st, 2007
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August 21, 2007 - 04:44 PM on August 21st, 2007
Kahlil Gibran would turn over in his GravE
It’s not insufferable enough that we must endure the baseless, and despicable verbal abuse daily visited upon President Bush.
Now we must listen to them sing praises of A-rabic, publicly funded “schools.”What next?
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August 21, 2007 - 05:05 PM on August 21st, 2007
A Sonic Problem
You may have noticed that the posting has been a little light lately. The problem is that we are legitimate journalists here, which means that an editor has to check each article before it’s published. Our editor is Bruce, and…
August 21, 2007 - 06:11 PM on August 21st, 2007
The Rational Response Squad
Or as I like to call them, the (ir)rationals. They’re that little hardcore online atheist group consisting of core members Brian Sapient (The Sap), Kelly and Rook Hawkins (Little Rookie). One of their hobbies is pimping …
August 21, 2007 - 07:28 PM on August 21st, 2007
From a Gen-you-wine Windows Guru
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August 21, 2007 - 08:54 PM on August 21st, 2007
Janeane Garofalo Joins the Cast of 24
That�s not a joke! Its actually true. I can�t believe it!
First, they announce they are going to have a Hillary-type character as President. Then they announce they are going �green� (I hate that expression - it ruins the image of a perfectly good…
August 21, 2007 - 08:57 PM on August 21st, 2007
Former Democratic Congresswoman Saves Young Conservatives From Reading Dull Books
When I originally saw this story, I was going to do one of my standard debunking treatments, discussing the impropriety of trying to assign authority to an obviously partisan source. But it occurred to me that I may be looking…
August 21, 2007 - 10:44 PM on August 21st, 2007
ACLU & Anti-semitism
I was reading an e-mail a dear friend of mine sent today, and I can’t really say I’m stunned. Outraged? If it were any other group, yes, but I know these commie b*st*rds. I will let you judge for yourselves:
August 22, 2007 - 06:04 AM on August 22nd, 2007
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is Congressman Bob Filner.
August 22, 2007 - 06:11 AM on August 22nd, 2007
Update
It is the day after my surgery. I’m feeling decent overall. The site of my surgery(My neck) hurts some, and I had trouble getting comfortable last night when trying to sleep. Now the hard part begins, waiting for my test results.
August 22, 2007 - 06:56 AM on August 22nd, 2007
China v The Taliban
China has close ties to Iran and North Korea, but it looks like they may be an ally against the Taliban.China and Pakistan has signed a formal agreement covering security arrangements for the 4,000 Chinese citizens working in Pakistan. What
August 22, 2007 - 07:14 AM on August 22nd, 2007
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August 22, 2007 - 08:08 AM on August 22nd, 2007
And clinton also sent in his imperial storm troopers to kidnnap ELIAN GONZALLAS from his relitives in florida and had him sent back to cuba to appease fidel castro OUR IMPERIAL EMPORER BILL CLINTON
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August 22, 2007 - 11:10 AM on August 22nd, 2007
Hot love
Some news from Russia. Either the wife mistook it for a candle or she is an Elvis Presley fan.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A woman set fire to her ex-husband’s penis as he sat naked watching television and drinking vodka, Moscow police said on Wednesday.
August 22, 2007 - 05:06 PM on August 22nd, 2007
I’m waiting for HilLiary to show some gumption and do the Lorena Bobbitt deal on slick…on the other hand, she probably never gets close enough to it to do that!
October 4, 2007 - 07:48 PM on October 4th, 2007
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October 15, 2007 - 10:29 AM on October 15th, 2007
Everything You Want To Know About SCHIP, But Your Congress Is Afraid To Tell You
Ah, week 3 of the Frost family and SCHIP! In case you need a refresher course, see my posts here, here, here, here, and here
No one on the right is picking on the 12 year old. The parents have been raked over the coals for “Daddy Frost, the SUV…