John R. Graham | Monday February 27, 2017 at 1:11 PM PDT | Comments Off on Why Health Coverage Does Not Equal Healthcare Access
Readers know I disagree with using measurements of “coverage” as measurements of access to health care. New data from the Louisiana Department of Health, which cheers the expansion of Medicaid dependency in the state, shows (unwittingly) exactly why. Healthy Louisiana’s Dashboard shows that 402,557 adults became dependent on Medicaid as a result of Obamacare’s…
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Tags: government dependency, health insurance, Louisiana, Medicaid, Obamacare
Lawrence McQuillan | Thursday August 25, 2016 at 11:06 AM PDT | Comments Off on Why One in Five Americans Are on Government Assistance (in One Image)
More than 52 million people in the United States, 21 percent of the population, participate in major means-tested government assistance programs each month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. More than 80 federal programs dole out roughly $1 trillion of benefits and services to low-income people annually (see the amazing image above from the…
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Tags: anti-poverty, charitable giving, Civil Society, dependency, Doug Bandow, Franklin Roosevelt, government assistance, government dependency, Jesus, moral responsibility, personal responsibility, Pope Francis, Poverty, private charitable giving, private charity, Thomas Sowell, War on Poverty, Welfare, welfare state
Mary Theroux | Friday October 26, 2012 at 12:44 PM PDT | 10 Comments
With his latest ad, “Your First Time,” President Barack Obama has now completed his trifecta on the the 3 Biggest Lies in the World. You remember those, don’t you? #1: The check is in the mail. #2: I’m from the government and I’m here to help you. #3: Of course I’ll still respect you…
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Tags: abortion rights, Barack Obama, Budget and Tax Policy, Civil Liberties, Corruption, Culture, Defense, feminism, free contraception, government dependency, Healthcare, Integrity, Liberty, Morality, Obamacare, Obamanomics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Peace, political whore, Politics, Power, Presidential Power, pro-choice, pro-life, Welfare, welfare state, Women, women voters
