May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
“The case for Medicaid block grants is predicated on a … simple proposition: when people spend what they think
of as their own money on their own health care, they spend less and get more than if they spend other people’s money.” Continue reading
ObamaCare’s Medicaid mandates are, if anything, even more constitutionally dubious than the individual mandate. The Independence Institute has taken the unusual step of filing a brief urging the court to overturn them. Continue reading
READ MOREFor some of the merits of this bill, see my previous post on SB 12-032 and about Medicaid block grants in general. Continue reading
READ MOREFor some of the merits of this bill, see my previous post on SB 12-032 and about Medicaid block grants in general. Continue reading
READ MORESB 12-060 attempts to reduce Medicaid fraud. The Depart. of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has little incentive to reduce fraud, as for every CO tax dollar it spends, the Feds pay the HCPF a dollar taken from a taxpayer in another state. This is why replacing this matching this policy with a block grant would be an improvement. Continue reading
READ MOREPueblo Chieftain: “The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has failed to implement 51 audit recommendations that it agreed to accept during the past two years, auditors told a panel of lawmakers Thursday.” Continue reading
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