tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7946100373543741127..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Will Texas expand Medicaid coverage under Obamacare to include prisoners' hospital costs?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49395875947061863612012-07-05T13:22:07.515-05:002012-07-05T13:22:07.515-05:00totalitarian
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to·tal·i·tar·i·an[ tō tàll...totalitarian<br />Definition<br />to·tal·i·tar·i·an[ tō tàllə térree ən ]ADJECTIVE <br />1. centralized and dictatorial: relating to or operating a centralized government system in which a single party without opposition rules over political, economic, social, and cultural life<br /><br />I think we're there. We may still have 2 parties in name - but they are essentially one party with 2 factions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17426299786198247682012-07-03T00:09:11.346-05:002012-07-03T00:09:11.346-05:00Ok - so the SCOTUS says that the "individual ...Ok - so the SCOTUS says that the "individual mandate" is a tax, not a penalty or surcharge. Meaning that if individuals choose not to get health insurance, they will pay a fine, levied by the IRS.<br /><br />Grits, you have been an advocate against the Texas Driver Responsibility Program. So if SCOTUS says that an individual that chooses not to have insurance will be assessed a tax, not a surcharge, does that mean that the Texas DRP is a tax, making it unconstitutional for them to collect? I do not think that the DMV is authorized to charge taxes, right?Jorge Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851044306982656836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60312405989144816502012-07-03T00:08:39.637-05:002012-07-03T00:08:39.637-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jorge Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851044306982656836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7016581503807732092012-07-02T23:47:01.203-05:002012-07-02T23:47:01.203-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jorge Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851044306982656836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-92182969654384401452012-07-02T10:31:54.595-05:002012-07-02T10:31:54.595-05:00Big government programs result in increased fraud ...Big government programs result in increased fraud and theft. They cost x the first year, 2x the second year and 10x the fifth year--count on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18279038014262755842012-07-02T09:25:55.127-05:002012-07-02T09:25:55.127-05:00"Affordable Health Care Act"
How hypocr..."Affordable Health Care Act"<br /><br />How hypocritical can this government be, to suggest this is "affordable" is an absolute joke. <br />What is the main reason most people in this country don't have private insurance? Money.<br />So if you can't afford to buy private insurance because you don't have any money to do so, how in the world are you going to pay the "fine" (tax) for not having insurance? Not to mention all of the abortion money this will fund.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78152799209754244992012-07-02T07:56:10.947-05:002012-07-02T07:56:10.947-05:0011:53, the people using those clinics are not cove...11:53, the people using those clinics are not covered under Obamacare. You're conflating programs you know nothing about and at this point just embarrassing yourself.<br /><br />12:50, just to be clear the VAST majority of Medicare and Medicaid fraud comes from PROVIDERS, not unauthorized patients. That has scarce little if anything to do with illegal immigration.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49163169213882554332012-07-01T12:50:20.119-05:002012-07-01T12:50:20.119-05:00Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime
By CBS News
S...Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime<br />By CBS News <br />September 5, 2010<br /><br />Of all the problems facing the United States right now, none are more important than health care. <br /><br />At the center of both issues is Medicare, the government insurance program that provides health care to 46 million elderly and disabled Americans. But it also provides a rich and steady income stream for criminals who are constantly finding new ways to steal a sizable chunk of the half trillion dollars that are paid out each year in Medicare benefits. <br /><br />In fact, Medicare fraud - estimated now to total about $60 billion a year - has become one of, if not the most profitable, crimes in America. <br /><br />Medicaid fraud is equally a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69967903276233592912012-07-01T11:53:03.587-05:002012-07-01T11:53:03.587-05:00Obama LIED: Gov Funded Health Centers for 'Mig...Obama LIED: Gov Funded Health Centers for 'Migrants' Won't Check Immigration Status<br /><br />HHS: Obamacare-Funded Health Centers for 'Migrants' Won't Check Immigration Status<br /><br />Just check: <br /><br />http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hhs-obamacare-funded-health-centers-migrants-wont-check-immigration-statusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42099389306726245352012-06-30T11:10:08.218-05:002012-06-30T11:10:08.218-05:00Grits, 2:45 isn't really upset that illegal im...Grits, 2:45 isn't really upset that illegal immigrants might be covered under the Affordable Care Act, since as you pointed out, they won't. And as I'm sure you also know, illegal immigrants got care at federally qualified health clinics under Bush, Clinton, Reagan. Nothing new there. That person is upset merely that illegal immigrants EXIST, and to the extent they still exist after the ACA was ruled constitutional, they'll always be angry. I don't know why you bother responding. I wouldn't have the patience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73527858943362784602012-06-30T09:48:29.258-05:002012-06-30T09:48:29.258-05:00You realize, don't you 2:45, that people using...You realize, don't you 2:45, that people using those clinics DON'T HAVE INSURANCE? So they won't get coverage under Obamacare. Sorry to let reality rain on your pity party.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33789939057739515252012-06-29T14:45:58.644-05:002012-06-29T14:45:58.644-05:00@ 8:17.....
Surely this is not available to any a...@ 8:17..... <br />Surely this is not available to any and everyone who just walks across our borders?<br /><br />You decide.............<br /><br />http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hhs-obamacare-funded-health-centers-migrants-wont-check-immigration-statusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17289277834750517172012-06-29T13:24:32.180-05:002012-06-29T13:24:32.180-05:00"You keep on believing it."
If you want..."You keep on believing it."<br /><br />If you want anyone NOT to believe it, cite a single documentable source supporting your view, or point to any credible person who says so who's willing to sign their name to their opinion as opposed to anonymously trolling blog comments.<br /><br />Again, you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20304839456736926322012-06-29T13:04:38.114-05:002012-06-29T13:04:38.114-05:00You keep on believing it. The equal protection cl...You keep on believing it. The equal protection clause, just as it did in Plyler v Doe, will trump the notion that illegal aliens don't qualify.<br /><br />Or does Obama get to pick and choose what they qualidy/don't qualify for? You can't have it both ways.<br /><br />I say if under the 14th amendment we have to provide education, we have to provide access to healthcare. What's that word; discrimination?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9925135827614376932012-06-29T12:24:18.727-05:002012-06-29T12:24:18.727-05:00Yeah, 12:09, Fox News really has their head in the...Yeah, 12:09, Fox News really has their head in the sand on the whole immigration question, huh?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6501627287200183852012-06-29T12:09:45.403-05:002012-06-29T12:09:45.403-05:008:26, according to Fox News, "Illegal immigra...8:26, according to Fox News, "Illegal immigrants are not entitled to the new insurance coverage under the law, and will remain one of the biggest groups uninsured."<br /><br />Wait and see ostrich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11793615893602351382012-06-29T11:02:26.685-05:002012-06-29T11:02:26.685-05:00Just a small aside in reference to medical insuran...Just a small aside in reference to medical insurance, a family member recently demanded an itemized accounting of the charges submitted to the insurance carrier after a short hospital stay...3.25 per aspirin, two dollars per pair for disposable surgical gloves(new pair any time staff entered her room for any reason.). Maybe this burden would not be so heavy if Obamacare put a cap on how deeply ins.companies are allowed to gouge the healthcare providers. Just asking...texasrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52654738553469020712012-06-29T10:52:23.796-05:002012-06-29T10:52:23.796-05:00Just to clarify some of the absurdist misinformati...Just to clarify some of the absurdist misinformation put out by anons on this string:<br /><br />8:17, delivering services through Medicaid does cap costs.<br /><br />8:26, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/28/health-care-law-survives-with-roberts-help/#ixzz1zCI6Btxd" rel="nofollow">according to Fox News</a>, "Illegal immigrants are not entitled to the new insurance coverage under the law, and will remain one of the biggest groups uninsured."<br /><br />As for the "largest tax increase in history" schtick, <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/article1237768.ece" rel="nofollow">according to Politifact</a>, the tax hike is "smaller than tax increases signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1982" as well as four other US tax increases since 1940.<br /><br />Everybody's entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1951905798297277642012-06-29T09:53:10.539-05:002012-06-29T09:53:10.539-05:00"The state must balance its budget and the fe..."The state must balance its budget and the feds can run a deficit."<br /><br />If enough voters can be bought off by new dollars that the government just prints, then the government will keep printing money no matter the consequence. <br /><br />If enough voters can be bought off by money we borrow from China, the government will keep borrowing no matter how bad it is for us in the long term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48067804106310709702012-06-29T08:45:10.276-05:002012-06-29T08:45:10.276-05:00@ 8:38...He's already got it figured out. Jus...@ 8:38...He's already got it figured out. Just like public education, it will be guaranteed under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84896109020332453522012-06-29T08:38:40.161-05:002012-06-29T08:38:40.161-05:00Only if he can figure out away to get their vote.Only if he can figure out away to get their vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58816425039688587902012-06-29T08:26:13.540-05:002012-06-29T08:26:13.540-05:00@ 8:17..."Surely this is not available to any...@ 8:17..."Surely this is not available to any and everyone who just walks across our borders?"<br /><br />Yes it will, with or without ID or as some on here like to call it, "papers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52554969773809672052012-06-29T08:17:26.268-05:002012-06-29T08:17:26.268-05:00Unless Obamacare caps the costs of medical costs t...Unless Obamacare caps the costs of medical costs this will prove to be an exercise in futility.<br /><br />Medical profession is licking their lips and I would bet they have already have a plan in place to double the price of all their services.<br /><br />Just look at how much more expensive the cost of service is right now if you have insurance versus walking in an paying all the costs in cash out of pocket.<br /><br />Surely this is not available to any and everyone who just walks across our borders?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14480728011060921312012-06-28T21:33:13.747-05:002012-06-28T21:33:13.747-05:00"What does it matter to the tax payer if the ..."What does it matter to the tax payer if the money is taken from him at the state level or at the federal level" <br /><br />5:58, it doesn't necessarily make a difference to taxpayers like you and me. I PROMISE you it makes a difference to legislative budget writers because the state must balance its budget and the feds can run a deficit.<br /><br />I'm not saying that's necessarily a good thing, but that's the way it is. All the legislators who want to say they "cut spending" will take every chance they can to pawn off costs on the feds, counties, cities, etc., and pretend it's "savings." Twas ever thus.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31207101307529764512012-06-28T20:51:41.760-05:002012-06-28T20:51:41.760-05:00Woo Hoo! Free crack for everyone from Obama!!! I...Woo Hoo! Free crack for everyone from Obama!!! It's partaaaaaayyy time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com