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NE Medicaid Expansion: Birth of an Entitlement Nation

Originally published April 22, 2018, By Linda. Updated April 22, 2018. Leave a Comment

NE Medicaid Expansion:  Birth of an Entitlement Nation

The purpose of this article is to sketch a short history of Medicaid.  Why? “We study the past to understand the present; we understand the present to guide the future.”     — William Lund Nebraskans are, even now, being asked to sign a petition to put the question of whether to expand the state’s Medicaid program […]

Filed Under: Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Featured, Government Spending, Health Care, Medicaid, Nebraska, Welfare Tagged With: ballot initiative, ballot initiatives, Featured, government spending, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, healthcare, healthcare reform, initiative petition, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska budget, nebraska medicaid expansion

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

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

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Originally published March 1, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

I am in receipt of your recent Chairman’s Report update, and would like to report an injury; I have some bruising of the chin area, sustained when my jaw hit the floor from incredulity. This from the state Republican Party chairman whose senators own a super majority in the legislature, the same legislature that is about to pass without serious debate, challenge, or objection, a huge increase in the Nebraska Medicaid entitlement program?  Read full articleNEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Budget, Constitution, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: campaign issues, chairman's report, colby coash, election issues, electoral college, federal deficit, federal funding, health care implementation, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577 nebraska, lb599, mark fahleson, medicaid expansion, nebraska budget, nebraska electoral votes, nebraska legislature, nebraska medicaid, nebraska republicans, negop, negop scc, obamacare, party politics, ppaca, repeal obamacare, republican party, republican super majority, state spending, stop obamacare, Unicameral

A Little Music to “Sequester” By

Originally published February 28, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

A Little Music to “Sequester” By

For those of you who dread the Kalends of March, repeat after me: 

Filed Under: Budget, Deficit, Featured, Federal, Government Spending, Happy Hour Tagged With: federal budget cuts, panic about sequester, panic about sequestration, results of the sequester, sequester, sequester March 1st, sequestration, sequestration cuts, spending after the sequester

Unicameral’s Health Committee to Hear Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577) Feb. 28th

Originally published February 27, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Unicameral’s Health Committee to Hear Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577) Feb. 28th

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, see the bottom for a complete list. The Unicameral’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, February 28th, on LB577, the bill to expand the state’s Medicaid program, and on LB578, a companion bill to create a funding mechanism for expansion.  It’s scheduled […]

Filed Under: Action Alerts, Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Featured, Government Spending, Medicaid, Personal Responsibility, Senators, State Legislation, Taxes, Unicameral, Welfare Tagged With: arguments against medicaid expansion, expanding medicaid, expanding welfare, lb 577, lb577, legislative hearing, medicaid expansion, medicaid funding, medicaid funds, medicaid spending, nebraska health and human services committee, nebraska legislature, nebraska medicaid program, oppose medicaid expansion

Pelosian Economics: Medicaid Expansion as Fiscal Stimulus

Originally published February 26, 2013, By Linda. Updated May 11, 2017. Leave a Comment

Pelosian Economics: Medicaid Expansion as Fiscal Stimulus

Supporters of LB577, the bill that would expand Medicaid in Nebraska, argue that expansion will result in an economic boom due to the infusion of approximately $3.5 billion in “free” federal tax dollars. Specifically, they predict at least $700 million annually in new economic activity, which could finance at least 10,000 new jobs annually, from […]

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The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

Originally published February 22, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

It’s both incredibly ironic and highly appropriate for me to be writing this article at this time. As February 2010 neared its end, I was very tired, but excited about GiN’s ongoing effort in support of what most people would identify as the State Sovereignty or Tenth Amendment Resolution. That resolution, LR539 1 Note that […]

Filed Under: Bailouts, Budget, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Nebraska, Republican Party, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 2010, american recovery and reinvestment act, arra, dave heineman, federal encroachment, health care law, lr539, medicaid expansion, ne 10th amendment, nebraska, nebraska health care, nebraska sovereignty resolution, obamacare, ppaca, real id act of 2005, south dakota v dole, state legislature, state sovereignty, state sovereignty for sale, stimulus, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, unfunded mandates, Unicameral

LB577: Nebraska’s Unaffordable Care Act

Originally published February 20, 2013, By Linda. Updated February 25, 2018. Leave a Comment

LB577: Nebraska’s Unaffordable Care Act

This article is part of a series.  Find the complete list published to date at the conclusion of this article. Governor Heineman has vocally opposed the expansion of Medicaid in Nebraska on the ground that it is unaffordable. At the risk of exposing the cynical side of my nature, it seems obvious to me that […]

Filed Under: Budget, Charity vs Welfare, Civil Society, Featured, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Medicaid, Morality, Nebraska, Personal Responsibility, Progressivism, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Taxes, Welfare Tagged With: bob krist, cost of expanding medicaid, cost of expanding medicaid ne, cost of medicaid expansion in nebraska, emergency room visits, expanding medicaid, expanding medicaid cost savings, expanding medicaid ne, expanding medicaid no cost savings, expanding medicaid will save money, expanding medicaid won't save money, expansion of medicaid nebraska, governor dave heineman, governor heineman, kathy campbell, medicaid, medicaid funding, medicaid patients and emergency room care, medicaid patients emergency care, medicaid recipients, medicaid spending, senator bob krist, senator kathy campbell, uninsured persons and emergency room care, wishful thinking

Projections re Cost of Medicaid Expansion: Too Good to Be True

Originally published February 18, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Projections re Cost of Medicaid Expansion: Too Good to Be True

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series, see the bottom for a complete list. There are a lot of Latin phrases you learn when you’re in law school. Some of them have even made their way into common, everyday English! One of those is the warning caveat emptor, “Let the buyer beware.” Expressed […]

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