May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Medicaid expansion will cause state budgets to explode. Matching funds won’t last. New ease of enrolling will bring many eligible people out of the woodwork. Very costly. Continue reading
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READ MOREObamaCare’s legal defense relies as much on policy arguments—about the nature of uncompensated medical care, the role of Medicaid, and the interaction of the law’s various provisions—as it does on constitutional reasoning. But the policy case is just as dubious as the constitutional one. Continue reading
READ MOREIf low-income families were allowed to add…their own money to the Medicaid rate … we could make high-quality, very accessible primary care available to millions of people. Continue reading
READ MOREThe problem is that 12 million Medicare beneficiaries, most of them seniors, are in MA plans, and cutting them could prove very unpopular. The last thing Obama needs right now is millions of angry seniors showing up at the polls in November. Continue reading
READ MOREIf government is going to force taxpayers to finance medical care for low-income people, replacing Medicaid with the equivalent of food stamps would be a large improvement. Continue reading
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