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Posts tagged "Medicaid"

Race, poverty and politics: NATO and Chicago's finest; 3rd-party candidate talks politics; Medicaid cuts pass House

As the city winds down from a weekend of riot police and protesters, different takes on the NATO summit are emerging. Despite claims of police abuse during the NATO summit, much of Chicago media has lionized Chicago Police Department superintendent Gary McCarthy. The Chicago Sun-Times ran a cover story saying “the city has a new... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
Saturday at 12:13 pm
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Politics in review: Rep. Rush vows to stop Metra's project; fresh food relief to food deserts; 41 alderman 'trust' Rahm

Politics in review: Rep. Rush vows to stop Metra's project; fresh food relief to food deserts; 41 alderman 'trust' Rahm
Here’s a roundup of political news from the past week: U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush wants to derail Metra before it moves forward with a multimillion-dollar federal construction project in his 1st Congressional District, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Rush is peeved because none of the bidders vying for the biggest contract–an $86 million construction deal–are... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
April 27, 2012 at 2:37 pm
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Infographic: Medicaid on the cutting board

Medicaid, by definition, serves the families and individuals with incomes so low that without it they would not be able to get the health care coverage that they need. But a budgetary crisis and a backlog of unpaid bills to providers have raised the threat that services may be cut off if the state cannot... Read more »
By YanaKunichoff,
April 25, 2012 at 8:00 am
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Politics in review: Medicaid cuts, pension tweaks, cracking down on fugitives, speed cameras

Here’s a week’s worth of political news corralled by the good folks at The Chicago Reporter: After he called for $2.7 billion in Medicaid cuts  in his February budget speech, Governor Pat Quinn finally released the details of his “save Medicaid” plan Thursday.  Cuts to the program, which provides healthcare for some 2.7 million needy... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
April 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm
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What's up this week: Quinn and Emanuel face off; how to fund health care

Gov. Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be the keynote panelists at a sold-out Chicago Tribune-hosted forum April 4. The event, “Chicago Forward: The State of the City and the State”, will feature the pols discussing the state of education, jobs, financial difficulties, and much more, in both Illinois and Chicago. It’s part of... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
April 1, 2012 at 3:01 pm
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Elections 2012: The week in review

Here’s a roundup of election news that was on The Chicago Reporter’s political radar last week: Voter registration numbers released by the Chicago Board of Elections hit a 70-year low. After crunching some of the ward-by-ward numbers, though, the Reporter found that the sharpest drops in voter participation were clustered almost entirely in predominantly African-American... Read more »
By Nick Moroni,
February 27, 2012 at 11:39 am
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What's going to happen to Medicaid?

What's going to happen to Medicaid?
About 2.3 million people in Illinois depend on Medicaid. A quarter of them are children. But with talks of deficit reduction and the looming apocalypse surrounding the debt ceiling, words are being thrown around in the media about possible cuts, reductions and revisions to our nation’s health insurance system for the low-income. I wanted to... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
July 18, 2011 at 12:21 pm
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Poverty-bashers like to forget: Drug testing for public benefits is unconstitutional

The headlines seem to surface every few months or so: So-and-so politician wants to drug test the (choose one) unemployed/welfare recipients/food stamp families/Medicaid enrollees/public housing residents. They make a big fuss for one news cycle, for the benefit of people not using these programs–so they can bang their fist on the dinner table and say... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
April 25, 2011 at 8:38 am
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Can we pay medicaid users to lose weight, quit smoking?

Carrots are much more popular than sticks right now. Wiggle a carrot in front of a hungry rabbits face, conventional wisdom says, and he’ll come running. Perhaps it’s a better way to get a rabbit where you want him than to wallop him with a stick. Do humans work the same way? A new federal... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
April 11, 2011 at 1:55 pm
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Five years, and you're done: D.C. moves to set strict welfare time limits

In a surprise move, representatives from the District of Columbia’s poorest areas put forward a controversial regulation that would limit a family’s access to all public assistance to five years. Food stamps, medicaid, child care assistance, housing vouchers, welfare, education, job training –if the government has a program to help you out, you’ve got a... Read more »
By MeganCottrell,
November 18, 2010 at 9:36 am
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