New Law Provides Disaster Relief and Medicaid Funds for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (tags)
As the Sun rose over the Capitol, Congress voted for a bipartisan spending package to end a brief government shutdown.
House Rejects Puerto Rico Healthcare Amendment (tags)
The House Rules Committee rejected an amendment that would allocate Medicaid funding to Puerto Rico at an equal level to US states.
For US Citizens Article on Medicaid Enrollment 2016 (tags)
page A2 Feb 1 2016 Wall Street Journal Medicaid and US citizens that are eligible but do not get any cards or visists
Obamacare
Obamacare Enrollment Misinformation (tags)
Obamacare
A War on the Poor by Paul Krugman (tags)
The state has a social nature and cannot only be a power and security state. Since the 1980s, the banks carried out a "quiet coup" (Simon Johnson) by spending over $4 billion on campaign contributions and lobbying over ten years.
Obama's War on Social America (tags)
injustice
Fiscal Cliff Doublespeak Duplicity (tags)
class war
Will Unions Fight Fiscal Cliff Cuts to Medicare and Social Security? (tags)
With pro-Obama election posters still visible in most union halls across the country, the President has already taken steps towards selling out not only labor unions (again) but all working people. But this isn’t the “ordinary” sellout that working people have come to expect from Democrats — this is an attack of historic proportions.
Will the Democrats Tax the Rich to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff? (tags)
Literally the day after the election a sudden “urgency” gripped the nation: the imminent danger of the so-called “fiscal cliff” — the national automatic tax increases and spending cuts due in January. The media screamed that the suddenly approaching fiscal cliff would trigger a recession, forcing Democrats and Republicans to consider a “grand bargain” budget deal to avoid disaster.
Big Win for Predatory Healthcare Giants (tags)
class war
Republican Paul Ryan's Budget: Cruel and Unusual Punishment (tags)
class war
Medicare Privatization Plans (tags)
Medicare
Bipartisan Deal to Slash Medicare and Medicaid (tags)
class war
Coming: Big Austerity Cuts (tags)
class war
Call Your Senator at 1-866-251-4044 to Save Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid (tags)
We the 99% are outraged that the 1%, represented by mostly their fellow 1% members, the US Congress, are considering, through their Super Committee, to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. You can stop it now by calling 1-866-251-4044 where you will be connected to your US Senators. For more information, see strengthensocialsecurity.org
States Harming People Most Needing Help (tags)
financial terrorism
Republican Plan to End, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (tags)
ending vital rights
On the Chopping Block: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (tags)
cutting entitlements
~ AND NOW THEY WANT US POORER AMERICANS TO SMILE WITH NO TEETH IN OUR MOUTHS ~ (tags)
~ IT IS CONTINUING TO BE MORE DIIFICULT FOR OUR POORER AMERICANS TO SMILE NATIONWIDE ~ THIS OBVIOUS CONTINUED NEGLECT OF OUR U.S. CONGRESS TO DENY THE MASSES OF OUR POORER AMERICANS AND THEIR FAMILIES PROPER DENTAL CARE NEEDS CHANGE....
Health Care Reform, Obama Style (tags)
health care reform
Democrat Obama Cutting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid (tags)
Before he even takes office, the ruling class' selected president, Democrat Barack Obama, announced his plans to cut Social Security, Medicarre and Medicaid. He did not say anything about cutting US aid to Israel, which receives $15 million a day from US taxpayers to murder Palestinians and steal Palestinian land and gas fields because he is 100% pro-Israel.
No SS Number, No Medical treatment (tags)
Health insurance held up over citizenship rule
Office of Inspector General's in Violation of Patroit Act 1001 (tags)
Office of Inspector general's in Violation of Patroit Act regarding Medicaid kickback fraud conducted against Elderly Hospitalized Federal Employee Health Beneficiaries - Hospital dumping for criminal conversions.
Republicans Steal Thanksgiving. As the Republicans go home for Thanksgiving this week, House leaders are congratulating themselves on having squeaked through a divisive budget bill that takes canned goods from the poor in order to fund more luxuries for the rich.
Special Call-In Day - Urgent Budget Cuts Updfate (tags)
Call 1-800-828-0498 and urge your senators to reject any budget reconciliation that includes cuts to Medicaid.
Compassion, But Only When Cameras Are On (tags)
Congress is temporarily softening the bankruptcy bill and postponing Medicaid cuts, afraid to look mean to Katrina survivors, but when the waters have subsided, they’ll go back to screwing the poor as usual.
Poverty Action Call In: Mar 15 & 16, Tues and Wed (tags)
Please take a few minutes out to call this 800 number and tell Congress NO MORE CUTS IN PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR!!! Federal Budget Action Days: Call the Capitol, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15 and 16 using this TOLL-FREE NUMBER: 1-800-247-2971
Health activists urge ‘Health care for all’ (tags)
WASHINGTON — During its annual conference here Nov. 12-14, the Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) issued a clarion call to defend Medicaid and Medicare.
Pill woes land Limbaugh in Capitol debate (tags)
Jim McDonough, The director of Govnernor Jeb Bush's Office of Drug Control Policy, claimed that "the pharmacist in that (Limbaugh) case is a pharmacist who is no longer licensed" and that he sold Limbaugh and others thousands of pills "essentially out of the trunk of his car"
Radical right imposes austerity on Texas (tags)
AUSTIN, Texas – After three years in power, the Bush administration’s vision is coming more sharply into focus