Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget

still_one

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Tue May-10-11 02:06 PM
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Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_on_re_us/us_medicaid_cuts

"WASHINGTON – The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states' Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday.

The analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute concluded that Medicaid's role as the nation's safety net health care program would be "significantly compromised ... with no obvious alternative to take its place," if the GOP budget is adopted."

Now what is that about the republican party standing being the party of "morals"?

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Turbineguy

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Tue May-10-11 02:15 PM
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1. The repubs see this as an opportunity

for low-cost funeral providers.

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rfranklin

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Tue May-10-11 02:32 PM
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3. Don't forget funeral insurance!

You will be guaranteed a plot in the State Island land fill and a sturdy cardboard box. Why burded your family?

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valerief

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Tue May-10-11 02:21 PM
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2. See, here's how it works. People die early and get turned into cattle feed.

Edited on Tue May-10-11 02:23 PM by valerief

The cattle are sold to humans as food, but the humans die early and get fed to cattle. On goes the cycle, during which the 1% gets richer.

So the GOP 'dying early effect' is a strategy, not just skimming.

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