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“Tea Party” Tommy Thompson, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate here in Wisconsin, wants you to know something: He’ll “do away with Medicaid and Medicare” if Wisconsin’s voters send him to the United States Senate. Don’t believe me? Watch “Tea Party” Tommy tell you himself. As Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive has written, Tommy Thompson’s [...] Matthew 5:5 – Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Just don’t tell that to the 65,000 poor people leaving Wisconsin’s health insurance programs thanks to cuts in Medicaid approved by the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee. Apparently Scott Walker and his Republican rubber-stamps in the Legislature aren’t fans of the New Testament. [...] If you’re poor in Fitzwalkerstan, healthcare is a luxury. [...] Now that fringe Republican Dan Sebring has announced he’ll challenge incumbent Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore in 2012, I figured it was only appropriate to find out exactly where Sebring stands on Rep. Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget, which would turn Medicare into a voucher program. Under Rep. Ryan’s plan, which was nearly universally supported by House [...] Watch as former half-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin calls President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi liars and says the Republicans are actually trying to “save” Medicare while the Democrats are killing it. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com It’s worth noting that while Sarah Palin has busied herself by attacking [...] It’s safe to say Republican Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal to turn Medicaid into a coupon program in which senior citizens would be given a government-issued coupon to help defray a portion of the costs of their health insurance coverage instead of having the guarantee of coverage that Medicaid currently provides is tremendously unpopular. However, despite [...] |
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