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Medicaid work requirements aren't in the debt limit deal. They should've been
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
June 5, 2023
President Joe Biden signed ([link removed]) a measure on Saturday that suspended the country’s debt limit after weeks of wrangling with Republicans in the House. The legislation averts a default ([link removed]) on the nation’s debt. Democrats managed to keep Medicaid work requirements ([link removed]) out of the final compromise ([link removed]) . That’s a shame.
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Repeal laws that stifle health care competition
Las Vegas Sun | Sally Pipes
June 4, 2023
Patients in several states could soon find it easier to access life-saving medical care, if state legislators and executive officials eliminate so-called certificate-of-need restrictions for new acute-care hospitals in rural areas.
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May We Never Know Dysfunction, Cruelty of Public Health Care
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
June 6, 2023
“The current health care system in the United States is totally broken,” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said at a recent event on Capitol Hill. “It is totally dysfunctional, and it is extremely cruel.”
His preferred fix remains Medicare for All — a sweeping government takeover of health insurance. His latest attempt to advance this program began earlier this month, when he and 14 co-sponsors in the Senate introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2023. Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., are the lead sponsors for a companion bill in the House.
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