Study: Medicaid improves mental health for uninsured
But new research suggests it's less effective in treating physical conditions like high blood pressure
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Poll: Americans in denial about long-term care need
Research reveals we're taking few steps to prepare; three in 10 would rather not think about getting old at all
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 12:05 PM UTCBusiness Associated Press, old age
Arkansas GOPer suggests shooting lawmakers over Medicaid expansion
"If we can’t shoot them, we have to at least be firm in our threat to take immediate action against them"
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 1:09 PM UTC 16Politics Arkansas, Republicans, Medicaid
Obama’s entitlement plan was four years in the making
President’s desire to cut Social Security was public before he even took office. Why did so many turn a blind eye?
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 4:12 PM UTC 47News Social Security
Bachmann aides block reporters at press conference
Reporters tried to ask Bachmann about a Congressional Ethics probe into her 2012 campaign
Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 8:52 PM UTC 33Politics Michele Bachmann, Minnesota
Obamacare stiffs low-wage workers
As of now, they're either forced to pay huge premiums or a smaller penalty that leaves them with no coverage at all
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 9:44 PM UTC 40Business Next New Deal, Obamacare
Doulas can coach low-income women on childbirth
Medicaid could save millions and reduce the risks of complicated births by providing doulas for struggling women
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 3:00 PM UTCSocial Pacific Standard, Childbirth
Paul Ryan’s budget plan would literally kill thousands of Americans
It may sound hyperbolic, but the equation is simple: When more people lack health coverage, more people die
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 54Business Next New Deal, Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan’s latest attempt to gut the federal government
Unfazed by his election defeat, the Wisconsin representative is trotting out a new draconian budget plan
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New Senate plan: Legalize serfdom?
New immigration proposal will create a legal class of non-citizen serfs forced to work without basic benefits
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 7:49 PM UTC 45Business Immigration, Immigration Reform
Christie snubbed from CPAC over Hurricane Sandy aid
The chairman of the ACU explained that Christie "made it very hard for Republicans in the Congress"
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Chris Christie caves on Obamacare
The New Jersey governor will expand Medicaid
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As liberals fight for her "fiscal cliff" solution, a new poll shows Americans are open to it
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The case against a “grand bargain”
A deal that cuts entitlements would be bad for mainstream Americans. And besides, what's the rush?
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 5:20 PM UTC 26Politics "grand bargain", budget deficit
The coming debt battle
Citing a phony "crisis," the GOP wants to gut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Democrats can't let them
Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 10:20 PM UTC 41News national debt, Medicare
America didn’t vote for a “grand bargain”
Listen up, Democrats: Obama didn't win by promising a compromise on entitlement reform. He won despite it
Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 101Politics Entitlement reform
Anti-Medicaid states: Earning $11,000 is too much
The states against the Affordable Care Act have the toughest Medicaid limits
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The Florida governor's rejection of Medicaid funds could prove more dangerous than his closure of a TB hospital
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