tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post1767052356994574783..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Does the Alexander-Murray bill adequately protect vulnerable groups?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-12968070674968303892017-10-28T14:07:20.973-04:002017-10-28T14:07:20.973-04:00Mr. Sprung:
Thank you for a lucid rendering of Al...Mr. Sprung:<br /><br />Thank you for a lucid rendering of Alexander-Murray which I have been struggling to portray to my counterparts blogging-wise and to my state and federal legislators. You are definitely on my must read to the issues today. run75441https://www.blogger.com/profile/03790826995006015721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-14790382253083566062017-10-21T10:49:33.866-04:002017-10-21T10:49:33.866-04:00The ACA was one more attempt to impose liberal wel...The ACA was one more attempt to impose liberal welfare state values on the whole nation, including the red states.<br />Bill Maher once said that "The mission of the Democratic Party is to bring the hillbilly half of America into the 21st century."<br /><br />And I am not opposed to the effort. But there is bound to be pushback, especially when funds are limited. When you throw programs back to the states, then subsidies and CSR's cannot be installed without tax increases. The majority of actual voters in red states are opposed to tax increases for any reason.<br /><br />What I am saying is that a place like Iowa could in theory keep the CSR's and also keep all their subsidies. But Washington under Trump is not giving them the money to do this, and a tax increase to do this is very unlikely.<br /><br />It is understandable that wealthy retirees living in Arizona are opposed to expanding Medicaid, which helps no one that they know (it covers a lot of Hispanics) and will eventually raise their taxes.<br /><br />It is less understandable when politicians in Kentucky or West Virginia oppose Medicaid, even though Medicaid is covering good old white boys in large numbers. That is either hillbilly stupidity, or some other calculus that I cannot penetrate.<br />bob.hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686373408419885558noreply@blogger.com