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Tag: Poor Choices

Another Statement Of Principle

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Jul 17, 2013 at 08:51:17 AM EST
Tags: CD14, Medicaid, Expansion, Growth Of Government, Poor Choices, Taxes, Property Taxes, Hospitals, Free, ACA, Snyder, Republicans, Line Being Drawn (all tags)

The 14th Congressional District Republican Committee last evening passed a resolution opposing the expansion of Medicaid and the implementation of health care exchanges.

The committee resolution states

IT IS THE SENSE of the 14th CDRC Officers and Members that expanding Medicaid at the behest of the federal government runs contrary to the principles of the Republican Party, which opposes government-run health care, economic interventionism, and federal control of private industry.
THEREFORE, we recommend, to those representing our district in the Michigan House and Senate, a NO vote on HB 4714 or any other legislation pertaining to an expansion of state Medicaid eligibility and funding, or the implementation and funding of any health care exchange associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act within the State of Michigan.
Adopted at a regular meeting on July 16, 2013

Indeed.

And this is not the ONLY Republican committee to do so.

64 days..

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Michigan Conservative Union On Medicaid Expansion

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Mon Jun 17, 2013 at 03:58:04 PM EST
Tags: Medicaid, Expansion, Growth Of Government, Poor Choices, Taxes, Property Taxes, Hospitals, Free, ACA, Snyder (all tags)

Norm Hughes, chair of the Michigan Conservative Union (MCU) writes the following

An open letter to our state senators:

Medicaid Expansion Issue 101: The audacious statement is that we will each save $400 a year on insurance premiums because the Federal government will pick up the cost of indigent patients.
This is false Information spread by lobbyists and politicians to try to justify Medicaid expansion.

The Truth: It was almost unbelievable that a businessman now legislator in the House used this as rationale for voting to add 470,000 more Michigan residents to Medicaid, a key element of implementing ObamaCare and driving more debt for our children and grandchildren to pay, doubled by interest. The USA federal government is broke and has an insatiable appetite to spend more than it takes in. When you are in a deep hole the first rule of survival is to stop digging. Here are some points to reflect on regarding this statement:

Below the fold is a point by point.

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