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...Health care is always a leading concern to voters, so when times are flush, governors and legislators are happy to expand Medicaid with all the extra money in their coffers. It wasn't always this way: when Lyndon Johnson first proposed the concept, Medicaid was designed as limited health coverage for Americans on welfare. At that time, more than a third of Americans didn't have any form of health insurance. Medicaid was a welcome solution. But as health care costs skyrocketed over the last 15 years, Medicaid wasn't providing enough help. Many Americans who weren't on welfare...
...Medicaid. The states also want Congress to change Medicaid rules to make the program more competitive with private health insurance and to allow better coverage. That's quite a list of demands, but the states feel they're entitled. After all, the federal government has done little to expand health coverage for Americans over the past 10 years. Even now, Congress and the President are still fighting over whether to allow people who already have health insurance to sue their carriers for denial of coverage. Prescription drug coverage for seniors on Medicare is still a pipe dream. Nothing is being...
...accomplish this goal, the group says it will expand its scope beyond HUDS...
Where else could Rev. Platt's colleagues scare up a few bucks? Not from the government: for the first time it is now asking students to pay some of their tuition and living costs, so it can free up funds not to lavish on élite schools, but to expand student numbers across the country. This year Oxford faces an after-inflation cut of .3% in its government grant. Not from increased tuition: the government won't let Oxford charge more than other universities, though many students (and their parents) would certainly pay it. Like other colleges, Pembroke already runs...
...dozens of students with yellow buttons bearing the slogan “expand democracy” crowded into City Hall last Monday night, the Cambridge City Council passed a measure that would extend voting rights to 17-year-olds in municipal elections...