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Majority of Republicans Say "Keep Gov. Out of Medicare!" (Really)

By Brian Dockstader
August 19, 2009

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States Cut Medicaid Coverage Further

From washingtonpost.com
December 26th, 2008

washingtonpost.com — States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.

With revenue falling at the same time that more people are losing their jobs and private health coverage, states already have pared their programs and many are looking at deeper cuts for the coming year. Already, 19 states -- including Maryland and Virginia -- and the District of Columbia have lowered payments to hospitals and nursing homes, eliminated coverage for some treatments, and forced some recipients out of the insurance program completely.

Many are halting payments for health-care services not required by the federal government, such as physical therapy, eyeglasses, hearing aids and hospice care. A few states are requiring poor patients to chip in more toward their care.

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Fight Back Against Medicare and Medicaid Cuts

CONservative Spin:

“Government spending on Medicare and Medicaid is spiraling our of control, and the best way to address that problem in the fiscal 2009 budget is to restrict federal payments doctors and hospitals, but leave programs like Medicare Advantage, which subsidizes private insurance companies, untouched.”
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PROgressive Response:

By Isaiah J. Poole
January 31st, 2008
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Cuts in payments to doctors and hospitals will only worsen the underfunding of our medical infrastructure and increase disincentives for doctors to care for Medicare and Medicaid patients. What's really needed is reform: Our country's current health care system wastes hundreds of billions of dollars in administrative and advertising expenses, and in efforts to shift or deny payment. Medicare's administrative costs are up to four times less than those of the private insurance companies subsidized by Medicare Advantage. Congress should resist the Bush administration's cost-cutting proposals and instead set the stage for real reform of our health care system.

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Bush Vetoes Childrens' Health Bill

From time.com
December 13th, 2007

time.com — In private, Bush vetoed bill that would have increased funding for health care program by $35 billion.

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Families Face Hard Choices on Health Care

From latimes.com
November 26th, 2007
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GOP Candidates' Health Care Plans Forget Fellow Cancer Survivors

From latimes.com
November 20th, 2007
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GAO Diagnosis: Tax Fraud in Medicade

From online.wsj.com
November 14th, 2007
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Number Of Uninsured Veterans Nears 2 Million

From usatoday.com
October 31st, 2007
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House Works To Get Stricter Children's Health Insurance Bill Past Bush Veto

From mcclatchydc.com
October 25th, 2007
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