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Families Need Medicaid Like Fish Need Bicycles

Originally published February 11, 2013, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

Families Need Medicaid Like Fish Need Bicycles

Author’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of articles about Nebraska’s Medicaid program, the Unicameral’s apparent intent to expand it, and the many reasons why expansion is an uncommonly bad idea. Although they don’t have to be read in order, here are links to the previously-published articles in the series – see the […]

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Charity…Entitlements…Do Names Matter?

Originally published August 12, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 2, 2012. Leave a Comment

Charity…Entitlements…Do Names Matter?

This is a sequel to early article “Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell As Sweet” What’s in a name? As famously dramatized by Shakespeare… JULIET: ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor […]

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Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell As Sweet

Originally published August 10, 2010, By Linda. Updated January 25, 2011. Leave a Comment

Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell As Sweet

This article was first published on the GiN site on April 22, 2010 and in a slightly edited form under the title “Churches misguided in opting for a government solution” in the Lincoln Journal Star as a local view column on April 30, 2010. We are republishing this article as it’s sequel “Charity…Entitlements…Do Names Matter” […]

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