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The Hospital Lobby’s Very Good Deal

The hospital lobby is out in force urging states to expand their Medicaid programs. Their faulty claims are spurring Republicans governors to embrace the giant expansion of the broken, costly Medicaid program. This week, Governor Kasich of Ohio and Governor Snyder of Michigan became the fifth and sixth Republican governors to announce their desires to further embrace consolidated federal health care through the expansion. But why would hospitals who are focused on delivering high-quality health care to their patients embrace such a bad idea? The answer: Protecting their bottom-line.

Health Care & Entitlements Legislative Alerts

Kaeding: States should reject ObamaCare Exchanges

March 14, 2012 J

DC opinionDC opinionOne of the most important issues facing states this legislative session is whether to create a health care exchange to implement the president’s health care law. States are being tempted by words like “flexibility” and very large grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to gain their compliance, but states that value health care freedom should resist and refuse to implement Obama’s health care exchanges.

Welcome to ObamaCare Part IX: Exchange Flexibility? What Flexibility?

March 13, 2012 J

Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its final rule governing the creation and operation of health care exchanges, a key component of the President’s health care law. As Americans for Prosperity has written on multiple occasions, we do not support the efforts by states to serve as the administrative arm of the federal government by creating an exchange.

Letter of Support: Rep. Rokita’s State Health Flexibility Act

March 08, 2012 J

Dear Representative Rokita,

On behalf of more than 1.9 million Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write in strong support of your recently introduced State Health Flexibility Act, H.R. 4160. Your bill converts funding for Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) into a block grant, giving states more flexibility to set their own eligibility criteria, control costs, and improve care quality through innovation.

Letter of Support: Rep. Rokita’s State Health Flexibility Act

March 08, 2012 J

Dear Representative Rokita,

On behalf of more than 1.9 million Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I write in strong support of your recently introduced State Health Flexibility Act, H.R. 4160. Your bill converts funding for Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) into a block grant, giving states more flexibility to set their own eligibility criteria, control costs, and improve care quality through innovation.

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