How California skims federal Medicaid payments to fund a powerful union

By Editorial Staff
11/01/2017
CONNECTED: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) president Mary Kay Henry (left). The politically powerful union has worked a deal with several states, including California, to skim dues from Medicaid-paid workers. (AP Photo / Carlos Osorio) By Sam Han and Will Swaim Home caregivers serving Medicaid patients in California are...

TAGS: medicaid, seiu

Republican Senate healthcare plan is a better Rx than California single-payer

By Marc Joffe
06/26/2017
Mainstream media are taking a short break from their 24/7 Trump-Russia conspiracy theorizing to bash the Senate Republican healthcare proposal. Viewers are being told that the proposal would gut Medicaid and kill thousands. Like any piece of complex legislation, the Senate bill is far from perfect, but it is an important step in the right direction...

TAGS: medicaid, single-payer

50th Anniversary of Federal Government’s Failed War on Poverty

By Hunter Lewis
01/24/2014
Part 1 of 2: Fifty years after President Johnson launched his “war on poverty,” it is time to stop pretending and start doing something real for the poor. Mitt Romney said during the 2012 presidential campaign: “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix...

TAGS: medicaid

Lowering the Cost of Living is Better than Raising the Minimum Wage

By Mike Shedlock
08/23/2013
Editor’s Note:  This post by Michael Shedlock explains quite well why significantly increasing the minimum wage is a terrible idea. If the union’s new “Fight for Fifteen” (dollars per hour) campaign were successful, it would increase unemployment, and unleash a round of price inflation that would in-turn require government entitlement payments to increase. This is...

TAGS: Cato Institute, Fight for Fifteen, medicaid