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re to those who already have a lot. And if you want a strong piece of evidence in favor of that cynical view, look at the current state of play over Medicaid." Some background: Medicaid, which provides health insurance to lower-income Americans, is a highly successful program that's about to get bigger,

e, and Florida participated in the suit asking the Supreme Court to declare the whole plan unconstitutional. Nonetheless, Mr. Scott recently shocked Tea Party activists by announcing his support for the Medicaid expansion. But his support came with a condition: he was willing to cover more of the uninsure

ers such as Florida Gov. Rick Scott who last week broke with party orthodoxy -- joining six other Republican governors — and agreeing to accept the Medicaid expansion funded by Obamacare. Recently a number of prominent conservatives with national profiles (Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, South Carolina's Nikki

en staunchly conservative ones, who even emitted a whiff of being somewhat reasonable. Conservative standard-bearer Orrin Hatch narrowly survived a Tea Party challenge last year. Hatch wasn't as fortunate as his fellow conservative from Utah, Bob Bennett, who lost to his primary challenger in 2010, just

re to those who already have a lot. And if you want a strong piece of evidence in favor of that cynical view, look at the current state of play over Medicaid. Some background: Medicaid, which provides health insurance to lower-income Americans, is a highly successful program that's about to get bigger, b

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linton in Charlotte, "the arithmetic doesn't work" A Bloomberg Government study found that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would strip Medicaid of $1.26 trillion over nine years as part of a plan to do away with the open-ended approach to funding the U.S. health-insurance plan and the impact

lip-flop /pledge lack specifics or don't add up. One of the biggest problems in America is political gridlock and the "winner-take-all" attitudes of Tea Party backed Republican Conservatives in Congress and their supporters around the country. As CNN Contributor Julian Zelizer said earlier this year, "Con

ate last year, was one thing. But as long as a Democrat occupies the White House, Ryan's budget is little more than a nonbinding wish list — cutting Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps and slashing budgets for domestic agencies funded annually through appropriations bills. Many tenured Republicans, parti

like Paul Ryan and EFTA00678668 Rand Paul still don't think this is enough and some of my conservative friends are still sending me cartoons and Tea Party articles that suggest that President Obama's economic policies are a disaster. For them I asked one thing, is the country better off now than it was

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arrative of righteous struggle. He pledged "collective action" on economic fairness, and declared that the legacy of Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid does "not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great." Pfeiffer said, "His point was that Congress won

-PRESIDENTIAL M&M'S The next morning, a Monday, I woke early and turned on CNN. Senator Lindsey Graham, who is facing a primary challenge from four Tea Party candidates in South Carolina, was saying with utter confidence that Iran had hoodwinked the Administration in Geneva. Next came a poll showing tha

icans gained health care coverage under the A.C.A./Obamacare. Health experts say most would lose that coverage under the proposal. Let's start with Medicaid. Obamacare expanded the program to cover 11 million more poor Americans in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The Republican bill would end the

e committees will start considering the bill on Wednesday. Even if it passes the House, some Republican senators object to the Medicaid cuts and the Tea Party wing hates the idea of retaining any subsidies. Republicans have been vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act even before it became law in 2010.