How Block Grants Would Destroy Medicaid?In One Table
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 10th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
How Block Grants Would Destroy Medicaid?In One Table
The child advocacy group First Focus is out with a new report explaining why the GOP’s proposal to block grant the Medicaid program — an initiative supported by all of the GOP presidential candidates — would “end Medicaid as we know it, causing states to reduce enrollment, limit benefits, cut provider payments, and shift more […]
The child advocacy group First Focus is out with a new report explaining why the GOP’s proposal to block grant the Medicaid program — an initiative supported by all of the GOP presidential candidates — would “end Medicaid as we know it, causing states to reduce enrollment, limit benefits, cut provider payments, and shift more costs onto the children and families who rely on public programs.” The paper offers this handy table laying out the differences between the current financing structure and block grants:
Israeli Foreign Minister Reportedly Seeks Meetings With Anti-Turkish Terror Group
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman plans to hold meetings with the head of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a group which has maintained an armed struggle against the Turkish government since 1984 and is internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. Word of the meeting was published on Ynet.com which also suggested that the the PKK […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman plans to hold meetings with the head of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a group which has maintained an armed struggle against the Turkish government since 1984 and is internationally recognized as a terrorist organization. Word of the meeting was published on Ynet.com which also suggested that the the PKK might ask Lieberman for military aid. The proposed meeting, which would add additional stress to Israel’s tense relationship with Turkey following Turkey’s recent decision to expel Israel’s ambassador from Ankara, was met by cautious remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Haaretz reports that the Prime Minister’s office did not confirm or deny Lieberman’s retaliatory plan but called for restraint with regards to statements concerning Israel’s relationship with Turkey, stating, “Our policy was and remains to prevent a breakdown of relations with Turkey and easing the tensions between the countries.”
