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NE Medicaid Expansion: The Race is On (AGAIN)

Originally published April 14, 2018, By Linda. Updated April 22, 2018. 1 Comment

NE Medicaid Expansion:  The Race is On (AGAIN)

Back on January 17, 2013, I published an article here at the GiN website entitled “NE Medicaid Expansion: The Race is On.”  I followed up with an entire series of articles detailing why Medicaid expansion is an uncommonly bad idea.  Those articles were widely read and, I believe, effective in helping to prevent Medicaid expansion […]

Filed Under: Charity vs Welfare, Featured, Government Spending, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, State Legislation, Taxes, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: ballot initiative, ballot initiatives, Featured, Health Care, health care reform, healthcare reform, initiative petition, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska medicaid expansion

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

Originally published May 4, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

I was sitting at my kitchen table today sorting through the week’s mail, the lion’s share of which was campaign mailers from political candidates.  That’s not surprising, since the primary election is May 13th.  What was a surprising coincidence was, at that very moment, one of the candidates for the state legislature in my district […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Character, Civil Society, Elections, Featured, Founding Principles, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Unicameral Tagged With: character and electibility, character counts, character matters, edmund burke, electability, electable, founding principles, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, healthcare, ne, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, politics, public opinion, role of a state senator, role of an elected official, role of an elected representative, state senators, Unicameral, what makes a candidate electable

Candidate Profile: Tom Carlson for Governor

Originally published April 19, 2014, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Candidate Profile: Tom Carlson for Governor

Due to other commitments which tend to monopolize my time these days, I’ve been hesitant to continue the GiN tradition of publishing candidate profiles for fear I could not do them justice.  However, it occurred to me today that the GiN archives are a goldmine of information about a few of the current crop of […]

Filed Under: 2014 Elections, Elections, Featured, Governor, Labor Unions, Nebraska, Senators, Unicameral Tagged With: 2014 primary election, candidate for governor, carlson for governor, Featured, gin, governor's race, Grassroots in Nebraska, legislature, May 13 primary election, ne, nebr, nebraska, nebraska governor's race 2014, nebraska legislature, nebraska primary election, nebraska unicameral, potential gubernatorial candidates 2014, primary election, republican candidate for governor, republicans running for governor, senator tom carlson, tom carlson, Unicameral

Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

Originally published August 23, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

Filed Under: City of Lincoln, Education, Featured, Morality, State Legislation Tagged With: 2000, 2012, 2013, benefits, board of regents, bob phares, bob whitehouse, chuck hassebrook, civil unions, colleges, constitutional amendment, danielle conrad, domestic partner benefits, government employees, homosexuality, howard hawks, jeremy nordquist, jim mcclurg, kent schroeder, lincoln fairness ordinance, marriage, nebraska, petition referendum, sara howard, state senators, tim clare, universities, university of nebraska, unmarried cohabitation

Not Really Adjourned: NE Legislature, Medicaid Expansion, ObamaCare

Originally published June 11, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Not Really Adjourned: NE Legislature, Medicaid Expansion, ObamaCare

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” ~ Gideon J. Tucker, 18661The quotation is often attributed to Mark Twain, but that’s an error. We previously gave attribution to Twain ourselves. Gideon Tucker does …continue Wednesday, June 5, was the final day of the 103rd Unicameral, 1st Session. I […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: beau mccoy, colby coash, health care law, kathy campbell, lb577, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska department of health and human services, nebraska republicans, obamacare, state legislature, Unicameral

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Originally published April 20, 2013, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

District 10 GOP Senator Bob Krist withdrew as co-introducer of the bill aimed at an extensive expansion of Nebraska’s largest welfare program. So, now what? Read full articleSenator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Filed Under: Health Care, Medicaid, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, bob krist, cedars youth services, douglas county republican party, greg adams, Health Care, health care law, heath mello, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577, legislative debate, legislative journal, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska, nebraska medicaid, negop, obamacare, one world clinic, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, sara howard

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Originally published April 18, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Just how much of the health care law will be implemented in Nebraska now depends in large measure1 The extent to which implementation of the health care law in the state will occur doesn’t rest solely upon the question of whether or not …continue on what the events in the Unicameral Tuesday and Wednesday actually […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, filibuster, greg adams, health care law, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, ken schilz, lb577, lincoln journal star, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska medicaid, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, Unicameral

LB512 and Common Core — A Potential Threat to Local Control of Schools

Originally published March 18, 2013, By Linda. Updated May 14, 2016. 3 Comments

LB512 and Common Core — A Potential Threat to Local Control of Schools

Just a quick post today to call your attention to a bill in the Unicameral that’s not attracting much attention, but should.  WHEN THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD A HEARING CONCERNING THIS BILL ON FEBRUARY 25TH, NO ONE SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. LB512 was introduced by Senator Jim Scheer (Dist. 19), who’s a new face in the […]

Filed Under: Big Brother Government, Data Gathering, Education, Featured, Government Spending, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, Unicameral Tagged With: 10th Amendment, bill and melinda gates foundation, bribing state governments to accept federal control, common core curriculum, common core state standards, Education, k through 12 educational standards, language arts standards, local control of education, math standards, nebraska department of education, nebraska state board of education, race to the top program, standards for math, state sovereignty, state standards for education, stimulus funds, u.s. department of education grants

It’s Funny? Even If Medicaid Expansion Saved Money, Citizens Wouldn’t See a Penny

Originally published March 10, 2013, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

It’s Funny? Even If Medicaid Expansion Saved Money, Citizens Wouldn’t See a Penny

Politicians, government bureaucrats, and the growing class of largely nonprofit corporate types who live off revenues siphoned from government entitlement spending make many a bizarre argument and manage to do it with a straight face.  It’s a rare moment when you can catch them chortling over the idea of pulling the wool over the citizens’ […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, State Legislation, Taxes Tagged With: bill to expand medicaid in nebraska, county government in nebraska, dave heineman, expanding medicaid won't save money, government spending, government spending cuts, government stakeholders, governor dave heineman, governor heineman, health care spending, lb 577, lb577, medicaid expansion, medicaid expansion in nebraska, medicaid program, ne medicaid expansion, nebraska governor heineman, nebraska medicaid program, property taxes, property taxes nebraska, saving money by expanding medicaid, stakeholders, Taxes

Senator Nordquist Admits His Associations Appear Improper — Sorta

Originally published March 6, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Nordquist Admits His Associations Appear Improper — Sorta

Last week I decided to have a conversation with the Counsel for the Accountability and Disclosure Commission about concerns I first disclosed in an editorial published in the Lincoln Journal-Star and reprinted here that I titled “Senator Jeremy Nordquist Listens to His Master’s Voice . . . But Who’s His Master?”  My concerns about Senator […]

Filed Under: Beneficiaries, Character, Clients, Featured, Health Care, Medicaid, Ruling Class, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: abstain from voting, appearance of impropriety, building bright futures, building healthy futures, conflicts of interest, ethical concerns, ethical rules for nebraska politicians, ethical rules for nebraska state senators, ethical violations by nebraska senators, ethics, ethics nebraska unicameral, governmental ethics, nebraska accountability and disclosure commission, nebraska state senators ethics, one world, one world community health center, one world health center, public confidence in government, public faith in government, public trust, self dealing, self interest of state senators, self-dealing by senators, senator jeremy nordquist, unethical, unethical conduct, violation of public trust, vote selling

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