<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - medicaid</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/medicaid</link><description>Newsvine - medicaid</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:28:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Hospitals Prepare to Cut Care in Medicaid Opt-Out States</title>
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President Barack Obama&rsquo;s 2010 health-care system overhaul promised to deliver an increased number of insured patients who could pay their bills, thus reducing the need for government assistance to hospitals burdened by uncompensated care. That promise would be accomplishe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></source><link>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322452-hospitals-prepare-to-cut-care-in-medicaid-opt-out-states</link><guid>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322452-hospitals-prepare-to-cut-care-in-medicaid-opt-out-states</guid><category>politics</category><category>medicaid</category><category>aca</category><category>medicaid-expansion</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillisE7DFD870-8DEF-FD13-4F01-7E704574F25B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillisE7DFD870-8DEF-FD13-4F01-7E704574F25B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>My Five Obamacare Anxieties -  The scenarios that keep this reform advocate up at night </title>
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Conservatives are talking about the implementation of Obamacare in the same thoughtful way they talked about its enactment&mdash;that is, as an impending apocalypse. It won&rsquo;t be, as I've noted previously.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252989-my-five-obamacare-anxieties-the-scenarios-that-keep-this-reform-advocate-up-at-night</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252989-my-five-obamacare-anxieties-the-scenarios-that-keep-this-reform-advocate-up-at-night</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>medicaid</category><category>kaiser-family-foundation</category><category>children-s-health-insurance-program</category><category>obamacare</category><category>subsidized-private-insurance</category><category>health-care-exchanges</category><category>affordable-care-act-aca</category><category>income-based-subsidies</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat09A845E7-7E4B-8339-3485-A00DDDF4C219.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="166" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat09A845E7-7E4B-8339-3485-A00DDDF4C219.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Medicaid Opinions: Several State Leaders Come In For Heat For Not Moving Toward Expansion</title>
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Editorials and columnists in several papers around the country pressed officials toward accepting a Medicaid expansion and offered suggestions about implementation. Also, comments continued about a recent study on Medicaid.
Los Angeles Times: A Public Health Compromise For Cal&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Andre]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Andre]]></source><link>http://mentalshift.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18249400-medicaid-opinions-several-state-leaders-come-in-for-heat-for-not-moving-toward-expansion</link><guid>http://mentalshift.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18249400-medicaid-opinions-several-state-leaders-come-in-for-heat-for-not-moving-toward-expansion</guid><category>politics</category><category>medicaid</category><category>aca</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:11:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Landmark study shatters liberal health care claims </title>
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During the health care debate, liberals argued that government had to a moral duty to enact legislation that expanded health insurance among lower-income individuals.&nbsp; But a landmark&nbsp;studypublished in the New England Journal of Medicine dramatically undermines this as&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18019542-landmark-study-shatters-liberal-health-care-claims</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18019542-landmark-study-shatters-liberal-health-care-claims</guid><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>health-insurance</category><category>medicaid</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>medicaid-expansion</category><category>obamacare</category><category>journal-of-medicine</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 14:47:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Medicaid Provides Better Insurance Than Private Coverage and Medicare | ThinkProgress</title>
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A new study in the Journal of Internal Medicine found that, when you compare the proper groups, Medicaid actually does a better job delivering access and affordable coverage than either private coverage or Medicare
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryce DeWitt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryce DeWitt]]></source><link>http://brycedewitt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18011742-medicaid-provides-better-insurance-than-private-coverage-and-medicare-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://brycedewitt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18011742-medicaid-provides-better-insurance-than-private-coverage-and-medicare-thinkprogress</guid><category>medicaid</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brycedewitt1151838A-33C7-CD40-806F-C5BF578F54FF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="206" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brycedewitt1151838A-33C7-CD40-806F-C5BF578F54FF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More Bad News for Obamacare: Study Finds Medicaid Has No Effect on Measured Health Outcomes - Hit &amp;amp; Run : Reason.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is huge, and stunning, even for critics of Medicaid: A randomized-controlled study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by a group of nation's top health policy scholars has found that Medicaid has no measurable effect on any of the objectively measured physical &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18009325-more-bad-news-for-obamacare-study-finds-medicaid-has-no-effect-on-measured-health-outcomes-hit-amp-run-reasoncom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18009325-more-bad-news-for-obamacare-study-finds-medicaid-has-no-effect-on-measured-health-outcomes-hit-amp-run-reasoncom</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>medicaid</category><category>health-outcomes</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 05:13:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc9A3DC9AC-24C9-CA3B-A8BD-789594AEDF8B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc9A3DC9AC-24C9-CA3B-A8BD-789594AEDF8B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>President warns Texas that massive resistance to Obamacare implementation will hurt residents</title>
<description><![CDATA["President Obama said massive resistance from states including Texas has complicated efforts to implement to his signature health-reform law.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s harder,&rdquo; Obama said at a White House press conference today. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt about it.&rdquo;
Stat&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[m darwin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[m darwin]]></source><link>http://abovethefold.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/17997858-president-warns-texas-that-massive-resistance-to-obamacare-implementation-will-hurt-residents</link><guid>http://abovethefold.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/17997858-president-warns-texas-that-massive-resistance-to-obamacare-implementation-will-hurt-residents</guid><category>texas</category><category>washington</category><category>healthcare</category><category>medicaid</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>texas-legislature</category><category>federal-funding</category><category>obamacare</category><category>healthcare-exchange</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 09:53:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abovethefold56AC1343-6DB7-CCFB-0CD6-DA4DE35B556F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abovethefold56AC1343-6DB7-CCFB-0CD6-DA4DE35B556F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Double &amp; Triple Dipping Republicans Want You To Tighten Your Belt As They Steal Even More </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The hypocrisy of those that are attempting to push these cuts, push limited government, cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other necessary programs that comprise our safety net is astounding. Two of the biggest proponents, Texas Governor Rick Perry and Texas Congressm&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17892080-double-triple-dipping-republicans-want-you-to-tighten-your-belt-as-they-steal-even-more</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17892080-double-triple-dipping-republicans-want-you-to-tighten-your-belt-as-they-steal-even-more</guid><category>iowa</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>medicaid</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>salary</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>cherokee</category><category>texas-governor</category><category>social-safety-net</category><category>double-dip-recession</category><category>texas-tribune</category><category>government-cuts</category><category>military-time</category><category>employee-retirement-system</category><category>congressman-ted-poe</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:46:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah2D6977FB-557B-0702-07EB-04E97E05FB18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah2D6977FB-557B-0702-07EB-04E97E05FB18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Media and the Gosnell Case: A Case of Insecurity and a Misinformation Campaign | RH Reality Check </title>
<description><![CDATA[In recent days, amidst cries of a media &ldquo;blackout,&rdquo; a number of journalists have admitted to either missing or dismissing the story of Dr. Kermit Gosnell over the past two years. As one of the many journalists who has been covering the Gosnell story since it broke in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795624-the-media-and-the-gosnell-case-a-case-of-insecurity-and-a-misinformation-campaign-rh-reality-check</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795624-the-media-and-the-gosnell-case-a-case-of-insecurity-and-a-misinformation-campaign-rh-reality-check</guid><category>media</category><category>abortion</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>hospitals</category><category>medicaid</category><category>legislation</category><category>us-news</category><category>commentary</category><category>mainstream-media</category><category>womens-rights</category><category>media-bias</category><category>state-legislatures</category><category>health-clinics</category><category>illegal-abortion</category><category>health-systems</category><category>private-insurance</category><category>surgical-abortion</category><category>access-to-abortion</category><category>race-and-class</category><category>dr-kermit-gosnell</category><category>abortion-restrictions</category><category>kermit-gosnell</category><category>law-and-policy</category><category>family-planning-clinics</category><category>government-exchanges</category><category>gosnell-trial</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Media Silence on Gosnell? Let&amp;#039;s Talk About the Women of Color Without Decent Health Care | RH Reality Check </title>
<description><![CDATA[Some reporters and media critics have claimed that not enough is being written about the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, an illegal abortion provider who operated far outside the bounds of legitimate medical practice. In a recent column for&nbsp;USA Today, for example, Kirsten Power&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795483-media-silence-on-gosnell-lets-talk-about-the-women-of-color-without-decent-health-care-rh-reality-check</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17795483-media-silence-on-gosnell-lets-talk-about-the-women-of-color-without-decent-health-care-rh-reality-check</guid><category>media</category><category>abortion</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>hospitals</category><category>television</category><category>medicaid</category><category>us-news</category><category>commentary</category><category>new-media</category><category>mainstream-media</category><category>media-bias</category><category>reproductive-rights</category><category>health-clinics</category><category>illegal-abortion</category><category>economic-rights</category><category>private-insurance</category><category>hyde-amendment</category><category>access-to-abortion</category><category>race-and-class</category><category>dr-kermit-gosnell</category><category>family-planning-clinics</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:36:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ted Cruz says expanding Medicaid will &quot;worsen health care options for the most vulnerable&quot;(Verdict: False)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who is gaining a reputation for bold statements, is backing Texas Gov. Rick Perry&rsquo;s decision to reject a major expansion of Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.
Under the new health care law, states can get federal dollar&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676892-ted-cruz-says-expanding-medicaid-will-worsen-health-care-options-for-the-most-vulnerableverdict-false</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17676892-ted-cruz-says-expanding-medicaid-will-worsen-health-care-options-for-the-most-vulnerableverdict-false</guid><category>politics</category><category>medicaid</category><category>ted-cruz</category><category>ted-cruz-yet-again-not-telling-the-truth</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:32:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NCCP | Poverty by the Numbers</title>
<description><![CDATA[
While the figures indicate that indeed more white children are poor, they also show, however, that higher percentages of minorities live in poor families:
10% of white children (4.2 million). In the 10 most populated states, rates of child poverty among white children range fr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673299-nccp-poverty-by-the-numbers</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673299-nccp-poverty-by-the-numbers</guid><category>texas</category><category>insurance</category><category>medicare</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>medicaid</category><category>perry</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>tea-party</category><category>obama-care</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 17:33:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberals Furious Over Obama's Budget — Krugman Predicts Plan Will Blow Up In His Face</title>
<description><![CDATA[Obama will release his budget this week, and we already know that he's  going to try to stake out a treacherous "middleground" as he attempts to  cast himself as a bold centrist, willing to stand apart from leftist  Democrats.
He'll do so by, reportedly, introducing a Chained CP&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17657920-liberals-furious-over-obamas-budget-krugman-predicts-plan-will-blow-up-in-his-face</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17657920-liberals-furious-over-obamas-budget-krugman-predicts-plan-will-blow-up-in-his-face</guid><category>medicare</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>medicaid</category><category>obama</category><category>liberals</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>progressive-caucus</category><category>chained-cpi</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatC473384F-11A0-5537-11F8-62B4534F66BE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatC473384F-11A0-5537-11F8-62B4534F66BE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Policies Echo Clinton's 1990s Best of Times - Bloomberg</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg correctly points out that President Obama's proposals closely mirror those of President Clinton.  Contrary to the self-serving rhetoric of President Clinton's opponents, his combination of fiscal and monetary policies helped to usher in record economic growth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17656731-obama-policies-echo-clintons-1990s-best-of-times-bloomberg</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17656731-obama-policies-echo-clintons-1990s-best-of-times-bloomberg</guid><category>economy</category><category>medicare</category><category>social-security</category><category>investment</category><category>bloomberg</category><category>medicaid</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>ben-bernanke</category><category>president-clinton</category><category>us-news</category><category>monetary-policy</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>oval-office</category><category>entitlements</category><category>budget-deficit</category><category>fiscal-policy</category><category>federal-debt</category><category>stimulus</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:15:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillieB092EA75-1AEA-ED65-1A9C-2EB0E7F7FD1D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillieB092EA75-1AEA-ED65-1A9C-2EB0E7F7FD1D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama's budget to spare Medicaid from deep cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's budget next week will steer  clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in  reductions to the health care plan for the poor that the administration  had proposed only last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618993-obamas-budget-to-spare-medicaid-from-deep-cuts</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618993-obamas-budget-to-spare-medicaid-from-deep-cuts</guid><category>budget</category><category>expansion</category><category>politics</category><category>reductions</category><category>medicaid</category><category>health-care-plan</category><category>health-overhaul</category><category>majoe-cuts</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:16:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60000C5535F0-5224-E17B-18CB-509640D0F5EC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60000C5535F0-5224-E17B-18CB-509640D0F5EC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Medicaid error to cost Oklahoma $6 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma will have to refund as much as $6 million  to the federal government for Medicaid payments made to a state  children's psychiatric hospital that wasn't properly certified.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17601217-medicaid-error-to-cost-oklahoma-6-million</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17601217-medicaid-error-to-cost-oklahoma-6-million</guid><category>health</category><category>medicare</category><category>medicaid</category><category>refund</category><category>requirements</category><category>federal-government</category><category>us-department-of-health-and-human-services</category><category>u-s-department-of-health-and-human-services</category><category>childrens-recovery-center-of-oklahoma</category><category>federal-program-requirements</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 16:26:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato600031A6B109-E39F-C85A-0A15-50357B050E83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato600031A6B109-E39F-C85A-0A15-50357B050E83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Obamacare stiffs low-wage workers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The whining from some fast food chains that they won&rsquo;t be able to  afford paying for their employee&rsquo;s health coverage under Obamacare have  gotten a lot of press. But what is more troubling is the recent news  that some big chains are concluding that the costs won&rsq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571607-obamacare-stiffs-low-wage-workers</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571607-obamacare-stiffs-low-wage-workers</guid><category>politics</category><category>penalty</category><category>medicaid</category><category>health-coverage</category><category>obamacare</category><category>fast-food-chains</category><category>low-wage-workers</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>health-insurance-marketplaces</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 18:12:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat3A7437E0-10B5-F4FF-1198-47C6768BA1F7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat3A7437E0-10B5-F4FF-1198-47C6768BA1F7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Federal government indicts 43 more on charges of running prescription drug scheme | Detroit Free Press | freep.com</title>
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The federal government ramped up its war on health care fraud today, indicting another 43 people &ndash; doctors, pharmacists and home health care professionals -- on charges of running a massive prescription drug scheme that raided millions from the government by billing for p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569820-federal-government-indicts-43-more-on-charges-of-running-prescription-drug-scheme-detroit-free-press-freepcom</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569820-federal-government-indicts-43-more-on-charges-of-running-prescription-drug-scheme-detroit-free-press-freepcom</guid><category>medicare</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>medicaid</category><category>us-news</category><category>tea-party</category><category>frugs</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:53:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans964FD40D-EE83-0137-3CED-6FD558DCC80A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="57" width="57" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans964FD40D-EE83-0137-3CED-6FD558DCC80A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="57" height="57" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>States Rejecting Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion Are Missing An Opportunity To Save Lives | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[For years, researchers have documented the fact that uninsured people &mdash; who are predominately Americans living at or near the federal poverty line &mdash; face significantly increased risk for serious health problems over their lifetime. The Affordable Care Act takes the fi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17558089-states-rejecting-obamacares-medicaid-expansion-are-missing-an-opportunity-to-save-lives-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17558089-states-rejecting-obamacares-medicaid-expansion-are-missing-an-opportunity-to-save-lives-thinkprogress</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>governors</category><category>republicans</category><category>poverty</category><category>medicaid</category><category>uninsured</category><category>poor-americans</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:54:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite81FD8389-42FE-4BA2-5504-43F343BEFC30.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite81FD8389-42FE-4BA2-5504-43F343BEFC30.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry doubles down against ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion - The Hill's Healthwatch</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Texas has the highest share of uninsured residents in the United States &mdash; about 29 percent of its adult population &mdash; and confronts billions of dollars worth of uncompensated hospital care every year.
That puts Perry in a tough spot.
While his state could use the m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557449-perry-doubles-down-against-obamacares-medicaid-expansion-the-hills-healthwatch</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557449-perry-doubles-down-against-obamacares-medicaid-expansion-the-hills-healthwatch</guid><category>texas</category><category>insurance</category><category>medicare</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>medicaid</category><category>perry</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>tea-party</category><category>obama-care</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:24:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans8FB93DB1-E069-C49D-BEEF-4E6A5464B2DB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicans8FB93DB1-E069-C49D-BEEF-4E6A5464B2DB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="21" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Will the GOP's plan to fight Obamacare in the states backfire?</title>
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Republicans, however, haven&rsquo;t quite given up. Their slogan, &ldquo;repeal and replace,&rdquo; has given way to &ldquo;resist and annoy.&rdquo; Unable to get rid of Obamacare, many have settled on a strategy of making it function as poorly as possible. At the national leve&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17550431-will-the-gops-plan-to-fight-obamacare-in-the-states-backfire</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17550431-will-the-gops-plan-to-fight-obamacare-in-the-states-backfire</guid><category>health</category><category>medicaid</category><category>arnold-schwarzenegger</category><category>health-care-reform</category><category>president-obama</category><category>obamacare</category><category>repeal-and-replace</category><category>callous-republicans</category><category>resist-and-annoy</category><category>funds-fir-implementation</category><category>insuranc-exchangs</category><category>california-vs-texas</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 10:53:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDAB3A284-339F-4039-0705-EFE2B1773445.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDAB3A284-339F-4039-0705-EFE2B1773445.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obamacare Faces Near-Solid Block In The South</title>
<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA &mdash; As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation's poorest and unhealthiest states.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17532448-obamacare-faces-near-solid-block-in-the-south</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17532448-obamacare-faces-near-solid-block-in-the-south</guid><category>insurance</category><category>health</category><category>medicare</category><category>expansion</category><category>medicaid</category><category>obamacare</category><category>nathan-deal</category><category>heath-care-overhaul</category><category>nikki-haley</category><category>southern-bloc</category><category>sick-sense</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:48:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie706E626EA6-631D-D560-DC24-49FA3696A09B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="504" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie706E626EA6-631D-D560-DC24-49FA3696A09B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>ObamaCare In Plain English: What It Means For You </title>
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There&rsquo;s a lot of hype going around about ObamaCare, and by now you are probably getting mixed information about what the law actually is and how it will affect you.&nbsp; The purpose of this post is to lay out the basic facts in plain English so you know exactly what to e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17527749-obamacare-in-plain-english-what-it-means-for-you</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17527749-obamacare-in-plain-english-what-it-means-for-you</guid><category>health</category><category>medicare</category><category>republicans</category><category>medicaid</category><category>politicians</category><category>pundits</category><category>socialism</category><category>national-debt</category><category>government-takeover</category><category>obamacare</category><category>patient-protection</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>tea-party-members</category><category>debt-deficit</category><category>fund-abortions</category><category>health-insurnce-companies</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:01:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDD1B3846-2439-269C-4437-BB2E7D7F7D32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDD1B3846-2439-269C-4437-BB2E7D7F7D32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walmart Shoppers Bolt to Costco &amp; Target: Empty Shelves &amp; Long Lines Tied to Staffing Problems</title>
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Walmart's downward spiral is accelerating according to Bloomberg. Shoppers tired of Walmart's empty shelves and long lines are bolting to Costco and Target. Chronically understaffed Walmart stores don't have enough employees to restock shelves according to Bloomberg. Merchandis&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17484144-walmart-shoppers-bolt-to-costco-target-empty-shelves-long-lines-tied-to-staffing-problems</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17484144-walmart-shoppers-bolt-to-costco-target-empty-shelves-long-lines-tied-to-staffing-problems</guid><category>business</category><category>target</category><category>shoppers</category><category>costco</category><category>health-care</category><category>bloomberg</category><category>medicaid</category><category>walmart</category><category>merchandise</category><category>downward-spiral</category><category>understaffed</category><category>loading-docks</category><category>empty-shelves</category><category>treating-workers-poorly</category><category>wage-rates</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:19:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obamacare' biggest challenge may be coming this fall - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the key concepts behind the ACA was that states would be running the health insurances exchanges, with some help from the&nbsp;federal government. But in most cases, the federal government will run the&nbsp;exchanges&nbsp;until states decide to play a role in their operati&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oliver Closoff]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oliver Closoff]]></source><link>http://misterbillohno.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17455286-obamacare-biggest-challenge-may-be-coming-this-fall-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://misterbillohno.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17455286-obamacare-biggest-challenge-may-be-coming-this-fall-yahoo-news</guid><category>congress</category><category>death</category><category>insurance</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>medicaid</category><category>debt</category><category>spending</category><category>obama</category><category>aca</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:01:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=misterbillohno0F99B13A-4C02-33CC-5B44-BCC29DBC298A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=misterbillohno0F99B13A-4C02-33CC-5B44-BCC29DBC298A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>