“Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned.” FirstsDifferentCareLawPresidentProgramHealth CarePresident ObamaCoverageMedicaidHealth Coverage Author:Fred Upton
“I could never allow [tax] cuts that devastate education for our children, that pollute our environment, that end the guarantee of health care for those who are served under Medicaid, that end our duty or violate our duty to our parents through Medicare. I just couldn't do that. As long as I'm president, I'll never let it happen.” ChildrenLongEndsHappensCareParentPresidentEnvironmentCuttingDutyTaxesOur ChildrenHealth CareGuaranteesOur EnvironmentMedicareTax CutsMedicaid Author:William J. Clinton
“By default, we have created a "system" of nursing-home care for the aged in which middle-class people pay exorbitant rates to for-profit nursing-home entrepreneurs - and then when private resources are consumed and the patient qualifies as a pauper, the nursing home begins billing Medicaid. This is precisely the antithesis of social citizenship; instead of the poor being accorded the dignity associated with the middle class, equality of treatment is achieved by making the middle class undergo pauperization.” PeopleHomeCareSocialPoorPayClassMiddleResourcesDignityEntrepreneurPatientRateProfitMiddle ClassTreatmentCitizenshipConsumedNursingDefaultAntithesisMedicaidNursing HomeBilling Author:Robert Kuttner
“The Federal role in overcoming barriers to needed health care should emphasize health care financing programs-such as Medicare and Medicaid.” ShouldCareRolesNeededProgramOvercomingHealth CareBarriersMedicareFinancingMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President