Wisconsin Republicans approve Governor Scott Walker plan for Medicaid cuts

[midnight]

Medicaid cuts expected to result in about 65,000 poor people leaving the health insurance programs have been approved by the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee.

All Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted Thursday to approve the plan by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration.

All four Democrats opposed it.

The plan now heads to President Barack Obama’s administration for approval.


http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20111110/APC0101/111110069&located=rss

[seacaves]

1. Shove more folks to the ER's, no preventive care. Pure Republican!!

[snacker]

2. Shame! n/t

[Blacksheep214]

3. Recall, Recall, Recall nm

[lutefisk]

4. Wisconsin Republicans are sadistic, arrogant, gloating, hate filled people.

The Wisconsin Republican Party is all about hurting people. It's sick.

:hi:

[undeterred]

5. He's trying to help the recall.

[jtrockville]

8. He's doing what he's been paid to do.

The brothers Koch will reward him. He'll be better off (financially) after he gets recalled.

Could it be any clearer?

[AllyCat]

12. Then we all win. We get home out of our state government and he makes more cash

There is no logic in it, but all I see is action for the great people of this hardworking state.

[hue]

6. "nearly half of them children " K&R

http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/133614438.html

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "The Medicaid health plans cover about one in five state residents - almost 1.2 million people - and provide everything from doctor visits for poor families to nursing home care for the elderly. To help control rapidly increasing costs in the programs, Walker's administration wants to decrease benefits for a quarter of a million recipients, increase premiums for tens of thousands of others by up to tenfold, and drop coverage for adults and children for at least a year if a family misses a payment..."

This is brutal!!

[Scuba]

7. Fortunately, the tax breaks for corporate investors in London and Hong Kong were saved.

sarcasm thingy

[gholtron]

9. By doing this, the repugs are really saying...

Please don't re-elect us in the next election.

[Lifelong Protester]

10. Keep adding fuel to the flames, Repubs

...and you will get burned.

[AllyCat]

11. Will they approve this? I am aghast every time I talk to one of the Repuke supporters

They think this is just fine and these families need to learn to budget better, get a better job, learn to do more with less, are irresponsible...When I encounter these folks at work, it takes all my effort to avoid a full-off, fire-me confrontation. And most of these people are "Christian" tm They have added fuel to the fire for this recall effort...we start Tuesday to fire the public leader of these hate-filled, vile people.