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REPUBLICANS PLEDGE EXTERMINATION FOR 62 MILLION ON MEDICAID

flounder

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REPUBLICANS PLAN EXTERMINATION FOR 62 MILLION ON MEDICAID



the GOP romney ryan platform, is the death panel sarah palin was so worried about. they plan to exterminate the elderly, the disabled, the poor, the women, the white, black, brown, yellow skin people, that do NOT have wealth. if the republicans can’t exterminate them, they will deport them. ...





Medicaid Health Care A Matter Of Life, Death And Financial Security For Poorest, Sickest Americans
Posted: 08/29/2012 9:02 am Updated: 08/29/2012 9:08 am


Jerry Inman knows his wife, Debbie, had been sick for more than a decade and could have died at any time. But he also knows the end finally came at age 50 just 13 days after Tennessee dropped her from Medicaid, making it impossible to afford the medicines that had kept her aneurysm in check for a dozen years.

Tuesday marked seven years since Inman, a 72-year-old retired salesman in Nashville, lost her. Debbie led an active life despite the aneurysm, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high blood pressure and depression, Inman said. He believes she wouldn't have died that day, that way, in so much pain, if the state hadn't taken away TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid plan, from Debbie and 170,000 poor Tennesseans.

"After she passed away, you know, everything just went sour," Jerry Inman told the Huffington Post by telephone from the Waffle House where he eats breakfast every morning. "I miss her like it was yesterday. I can't believe it's been seven years."

Millions more poor families face risks to their health, and financial devastation, under a plan backed by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to slash federal spending on Medicaid. A version of the proposal authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Romney's running mate, would cut the Medicaid budget by $810 billion over a decade starting next year.

Romney and Ryan also support repealing President Barack Obama's health care reform law, which would extend health coverage to about 30 million uninsured people.

The principles underlying Ryan's Medicaid plan, which House Republicans adopted in March, are that Medicaid spending is growing too fast and that states need freedom from federal rules to determine how to provide coverage to needy residents, according to a report by the House Budget Committee, which Ryan chairs.

But taking that much out of the system without establishing a replacement will result in 14 million to 27 million people losing Medicaid and nearly all of them would become uninsured, according to an analysis by the Washington-based Urban Institute and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in Menlo Park, Calif., two nonpartisan research organizations.

Medicaid is the only source of health care coverage for 62 million people at or near poverty, people who don't have jobs that offer health benefits, can't afford health insurance, or are too sick to find a private plan.

Medicaid covers about one-third of America's children, some parents, pregnant women, poor people with disabilities, and poor, elderly people in nursing homes. Incomes as low as $5,000 a year can disqualify a person for Medicaid in some states. The federal and state governments, which jointly finance and manage the program, spent $404.1 billion on Medicaid in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2010. That number has surely risen since as more than 10 million people joined the program since June 2007 during the recession and sluggish recovery.

Federal law requires hospitals to treat anyone who arrives at an emergency room but doctors' offices aren't under the same obligation. Free clinics and charities are overtaxed by the 50 million Americans without health insurance and others who can't afford what their insurance doesn't cover.

"There's a hope that private charity [and] churches will rally, friends and family will rally. They'll do what needs to be done. But the truth of the matter is, those resources are pretty limited," said Karen Davis, the president of the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based institution that researches health care. "There's so many people, it just becomes overwhelming."

The effects of dropping millions from coverage would be severe, immediate, and lasting. Uninsured people skip doctor visits and medications to treat chronic ailments and don't get screenings that would detect diseases early, Davis said. Financial ruin also can follow. When people finally feel sick enough to rush to the hospital, they rack up medical bills they can't pay and wind up being hounded by debt collectors, she said.

Like Inman, Lori Griffin was kicked off TennCare in 2005 and would be healthier today if she hadn't been, her doctors tell her. Griffin, 48, has tumors in her colon, pancreas, kidneys, and pituitary gland.

"It wouldn't have been this far along," said Griffin, who lives with her husband and two adult children in Morristown, about 50 miles from Knoxville. The Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville, which sued to stop the TennCare cuts, arranged for interviews with Inman and Griffin.

The whole family has serious health problems and are all too sick to work, Griffin said. "We spend more time at the doctor's than we do at home," she said.

Griffin was able get back on TennCare in February but that coverage will end permanently after 12 months because her son has turned 18 and nondisabled adults without dependent children can't get TennCare.

Her 47-year-old husband, James, has Marfan syndrome, lupus, and cystic fibrosis, and his medical bills are fully covered by Medicare. His Social Security disability insurance brings in $867 a month, which is the family's only income. Their son has the same ailments as his father along with tumors in his stomach and colon, bipolar disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Their daughter, 21, has stomach tumors and takes anti-psychotic drugs for severe mental health problems.

They have nowhere else to turn for help, said Griffin, who sought medical treatment at a free clinic 10 miles away, but was told her illnesses were beyond their ability to treat. "I've called everybody," she said. "Everyone is out of funds."

Katherine Linzey, 34, of Wallingford, Pa., near Philadelphia, credits Medicaid with keeping her family together but it wasn't enough to prevent them from losing their house and ruining their credit.

Linzey and her 35-year-old husband, Brian, are both self-employed and uninsured. Their 2-year-old daughter, Anabelle, was born with serious brain disorders, is developmentally disabled, and needs constant care and help breathing. Their healthy 5-year-old daughter, Elyse, is covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program, a related benefit. The Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University in Washington arranged for Linzey's interview with HuffPost.

Medicaid covers Anabelle's expenses but the family still went bankrupt. The couple missed work and their income sank as the household bills mounted during baby's 60-day stay in the neonatal intensive care after she was born.

The Linzeys got a reminder of what Anabelle's Medicaid coverage means when she briefly lost benefits as part of Pennsylvania's purge of nearly 90,000 children from the program last year. The issue was resolved within days but Katherine Linzey knows what would happen without Medicaid.

"It would be absolutely impossible for us to care for Anabelle in our home as a part of this family without these benefits," Linzey said. "These are the programs that allow families to be families."

HuffPost Live will be taking a comprehensive look at poverty in America from 12-4 p.m. EDT and 6-10 p.m. EDT. on Aug. 29 and Sept. 5. Click here to check it out -- and join the conversation.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/medicaid-health-care_n_1835101.html





SOME OF ROMNEY RYAN GOP ‘FOR THE RICH’ PLATFORM



TAXES:

"We reject the use of taxation to redistribute income, fund unnecessary or ineffective programs or foster the crony capitalism that corrupts both politicians and corporations."

It says a Republican administration would extend the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, pending reform of the tax code. It says the party would strive to eliminate taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains altogether for lower- and middle-income taxpayers. It also would work to repeal the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax.

The party backs constitutional amendments to balance the federal budget and require a super majority for any tax increases.


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MARRIAGE:

The platform affirms the rights of states and the federal government not to recognize same-sex marriage. It backs a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

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VOTER INTEGRITY:

"Voter fraud is a political poison," the platform says. It praises legislation to require photo identification for voting and to prevent election fraud.

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ABORTION:

The party states that "the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed." It opposes using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or to fund organizations that perform or advocate abortions. It says the party will not fund or subsidize health care that includes abortion coverage.

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MEDICARE and MEDICAID:

The platform pledges to move both Medicare and Medicaid away from "the current unsustainable defined-benefit entitlement model to a fiscally sound defined-contribution model." It supports a Medicare transition to a premium-support model with an income-adjusted contribution toward a health plan of the enrollee's choice. Age eligibility in Medicare must be made more realistic in light of longer life spans.

Medicaid services for low income people would be transformed into a block grant program in which the states would be given the flexibility to determine the best programs for their residents.

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IMMIGRATION:

The platform makes clear that "we oppose any form of amnesty for those who, by intentionally violating the law, disadvantage those who have obeyed it." It demands that the Justice Department halt lawsuits against Arizona, Alabama and other states that have enacted tough measures against illegal immigrants. It says federal funding should be denied to universities that provide in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants. It advocates making English the official national language.

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HEALTH CARE:

It states that a Republican president on his first day in office would use his waiver authority to halt progress in carrying out the health care act pushed through by President Barack Obama and that Republican victories in November would guarantee that the act is never implemented. It proposes a Republican plan based on improving health care quality and lowering costs and a system that promotes the free market and gives consumers more choice.

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EDUCATION:

Republicans support consumer choice, including home schooling, local innovations such as single-sex classes, full-day school hours and year-round schools. It says Republicans renew their call for replacing family planning programs for teens "with abstinence education which teaches abstinence until marriage as the responsible and respected standard of behavior."

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57502376/gop-oks-platform-barring-abortions-gay-marriage/





Just last week, the Romney-Ryan-led Republican Party voted to include dangerously restrictive language into its party-platform position on abortion. In doing so, they are adopting backward-looking and anti-woman policies that cannot be dismissed as campaign rhetoric. The positions candidates have been taking are now displayed as the goal they seek. Positions once thought to be extreme are officially mainstream for the Republican Party of 2012.

The Republican Party platform includes a human life amendment that would criminalize abortion nationwide, with no exceptions for rape and incest. That's right: The party that claims to abhor the heavy hand of government is using it as a club to impose its own view on a woman's most private and deeply personal decisions, making her and her doctor criminals in the process.



http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20120829_A_threat_to_women__not_a__distraction_.html





TAMPA, Fla. — Even as Mitt Romney sought to quash the furor surrounding Todd Akin’s “legitimate” rape comments, the Republican platform committee here approved an abortion plank that includes no exemptions for rape, incest or even to save the life of the mother.

The platform committee instead approved draft language Tuesday, calling for a “Human Life Amendment” that gives legal protection to the unborn. Democrats quickly labeled the GOP language the “Akin Plank,” referring to the Missouri Senate candidate’s statements that victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant.





http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79945.html





CALL IT THE ROMNEY, RYAN, AKIN ACT of taking women back to the stone age, clubbing and all. ...





by the rich, for the rich, white, male, and straight only, that is the GOP platform. ...





OBAMA 2012
 

Larrry

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I sure thought Ann Romney did a wonderful job last night.


Do you know the difference in Romney and obama.

Romney let's his dog get stuck to the roof of the car and obama the dog gets stuck to the roof of his mouth.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/08/28/RNC-Chair-Slams-Biden-On-Constant-Gaffes
 

smalltime

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People need to make peace with thier godand start living every day to its fullest while you are able.Live while your alive and die when its time.The wrld and the government owes you nothing.Life isnt fair and it never will be. :)
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve

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which teaches abstinence until marriage as the responsible and respected standard of behavior."

ok,... so what is wrong with that plan... nothing. .as it is "the responsible and respected standard of behavior."

or we could look at the liberal plan...


see the new baby can help with your homework... :?
 

Steve

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It proposes a Republican plan based on improving health care quality and lowering costs and a system that promotes the free market and gives consumers more choice.

really how dare they have a plan "based on improving health care quality and lowering costs and a system that promotes the free market and gives consumers more choice."

yep that's darn right scarey... :?

can't they just pass a bloated wasteful plan that makes cost skyrocket, destroys competition and lowers any perception of quality? and read it later... oh we already have that one.... :?
 

Steve

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The platform makes clear that "we oppose any form of amnesty for those who, by intentionally violating the law, disadvantage those who have obeyed it." It demands that the Justice Department halt lawsuits against Arizona, Alabama and other states that have enacted tough measures against illegal immigrants.

well that will sure make things bad for the criminal aliens.. they will probably get so pissed off with US they will just up and leave... :lol: :lol:
 
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Steve said:
The platform makes clear that "we oppose any form of amnesty for those who, by intentionally violating the law, disadvantage those who have obeyed it." It demands that the Justice Department halt lawsuits against Arizona, Alabama and other states that have enacted tough measures against illegal immigrants.

well that will sure make things bad for the criminal aliens.. they will probably get so p****d off with US they will just up and leave... :lol: :lol:

Miles Park Romney, fled to Mexico in 1885 with his three wives to get away from the pesky one-man, one-wife rule the 1882 Edmunds Antipolygamy Act enforced much more vigorously than existing law. Mitt Romney's grandfather and father were born in Mexico, the latter later immigrating to the United States. When Romney talks about immigration policy, it is useful to remember that this own father was an immigrant from Mexico, probably undocumented, since people didn't care much about documentation in those days.

Funny when you talk of criminal aliens- Romney has a direct knowledge as his own father was an alien immigrant from Mexico...
 

Larrry

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Did you see how ot jumped from probably to him being an actual illegal...those silly leftwingernuts

Still waiting for ot to condemn msnbc and code pink for their racist, vulgar and disrespectful actions.
 
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