I think it is Orwellian to present a budget that tears a huge hole in the safety net as one that is, in fact, designed t...
If you look at their budget, they cut $800 billion out of Medicaid over 10 years.
I am more than a little frustrated that we seem to have an inability to accept some of the successes.
I would argue, as well as probably most people on our side of the aisle, that the Affordable Care Act helped address a l...
What honest observer of government could disagree?
First, I would observe that while spending on safety net programs is high now it is largely the function of the economic...
I think that this test-driven mentality that we have in the country has been a disservice to most of us.
There is a difference between reform and just taking a hatchet to important social safety net programs.
It attempts to balance the federal budget on the backs of the poor, by gutting federal spending on safety net programs.
It means that their budget hits everyone and everything else harder. That is simple math.
I think going forward, we should keep in mind this distinction between means-tested health programs and other programs.
You cannot learn if you live in a violent, abusive neighborhood.
It is one designed to tell Americans that these social safety nets are not necessary because people choose these safety ...
This week presents a very clear contrast in the priorities between Republicans and the Democrats in Congress.
If our goal simply is to take a hatchet to part of the budget in order to meet certain targets while refusing to take a ...
the Republican budget refuses to eliminate one single tax break for the purpose of deficit reduction.
The Republican budget cuts $810 billion from Medicaid.
It ignores the advice of bipartisan commissions that say that any credible, responsible approach to reducing the deficit...
