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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Health Care

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Politico | Michigan moves toward Medicaid change
Michigan took a big step Tuesday toward signing up for Obamacare’s massive Medicaid expansion, giving GOP Gov. Rick Snyder a long-sought victory to bring billions of federal dollars to implement a major part of the president’s health care law.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | Medicaid Reform That Works
Medicaid's annual price tag has exploded to $250 billion and is expected to rise even faster once ObamaCare expands the rolls by 30 million. So everyone wants to reduce costs, which is why liberal Rhode Island is the place to look.
Washington Times | Ending Republican blunders over Obamacare
The Las Vegas Sun recently reported that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on a local TV program that Obamacare could lead to a single-payer national health insurance program.