The White House wants to reverse $ 500 million in cuts to the Medicaid program meant to start in 2014, aiming to ensure that states have adequate funds to assist those that remain uninsured under the Affordable Care Act. A bit of history is helpful here. For decades now, Medicaid has sent states billions of… Read more »
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New bill would reverse the sequester’s cancer cuts
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) has just introduced legislation that would reverse the sequester cuts that have led some cancer clinics to turn away Medicare patients. Medicare has already said it doesn’t have the authority on its own to reverse the automatic reductions, which federal law specifies must hit all programs equally. That essentially leaves it… Read more »
Hagel wants to strip commanders’ power to reverse criminal convictions
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is recommending that military commanders be stripped of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members, a move that comes in response to a congressional uproar over an Air Force officer’s decision to overturn a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case, U.S. officials said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com
DCCC hits vulnerable Republicans for ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ Ryan budget
That’s the second in a round of ads the DCCC is running against vulnerable Republicans who voted for the Ryan budget. The first largely focused on the Ryan plan to turn Medicare into a voucher plan. This one hits them for the big giveaway to the wealthy and big corporations in the plan, at the… Read more »