#medicaid

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people. ↗

— John Goodman

#insurance #medicaid #ought #people #plan

Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned. ↗

— Fred Upton

#care #coverage #different #envisioned #first

While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid. ↗

— Fred Upton

#entitlement #even #focused #future #heavily

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#medicaid #net #new #old #poor

We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#allow #as far as #believe #better #choice

I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue. ↗

— Jason Chaffetz

#i #important #important issue #issue #medicaid

Originally created to serve the poorest and sickest among us, the Medicaid program has grown dramatically but still doesn't include the kind of flexibility that states need to provide better health care for the poor and disadvantaged. ↗

— Fred Upton

#among #better #care #created #disadvantaged

How we continue to fund Medicare and Medicaid into the future is a pressing issue of national concern. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#continue #fund #future #how #into

Our fiat currency is under increasing stress with our large and growing trade deficits. We have a federal deficit that is calculated in the trillions when we take into account the net present value of the future Social Security and Medicaid obligations we are creating today. ↗

— George Noory

#calculated #creating #currency #deficit #deficits

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision. ↗

— Haley Barbour

#fund #medicaid #more #tough #tough decision