October 13, 2013

This Week's Magazine

Entitlements

POLITICS: PennAve

House conservatives may support short term spending, debt bills

By David M. Drucker | 10/09/13 06:37 PM

House conservatives signaled Wednesday that they may be willing to accept a short-term funding bill that would put on hold for a few weeks their fight with President Obama and Democrats over a government funding bill and debt ceiling increase. The fiscal battle has already forced a government...
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KUHF-FM: Federal nutrition and welfare programs continue for now, but time is running out

10/09/13 12:04 PM

(app1.kuhf.org) State and local health officials say the federal government shutdown has not severely impacted their work — yet. But funding for critical programs like food stamps is almost gone, and flu season has just begun.
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Op-Eds, Ohio, Medicare and Medicaid, Entitlements

Ohio Gov. John Kasich's Medicaid expansion is a faith-based mistake

By Jason Hart | 10/09/13 04:18 PM

Ohio's Republican Gov. John Kasich seems to have settled on “it's what God wants” as his best talking point for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which he has been fighting to implement for...
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Barack Obama, Obamacare, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Tea Party, Harry Reid, Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid, Entitlements, Ted Cruz, Budgets and Deficits, CBO, Government shutdown

Media parrots repeat Democratic shutdown spin

By Larry Elder | 10/09/13 07:09 PM

A national network reporter, during an interview about about the government shutdown, actually told me: "Democrats believe government should do some things. Republicans don't believe government...
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Beltway Confidential, Entitlements, Government shutdown

The safety net has not been shut down

By Timothy P. Carney | 10/09/13 01:57 PM

"It’s going to make it impossible for them to feed their kids." That's one of the warnings we're getting about the government shutdown.
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Congress, Around the Web, newsgatherr, Texas, Entitlements, Food Stamps

Dallas Morn. News: Food stamp cuts bill could delay aid in Texas, raise state's costs

| 10/09/13 12:16 PM

(www.dallasnews.com)
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Around the Web, newsgatherr, Arizona, Entitlements

Ariz. Republic: Arizona to fund federal program for needy families

| 10/09/13 12:09 PM

(www.azcentral.com)
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White House, Barack Obama, President, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Debt Ceiling, Entitlements, PennAve, FEMA, Government shutdown

Obama to John Boehner: 'Prove' clean funding bill can't pass House

By Brian Hughes, Meghashyam Mali | 10/07/13 01:48 PM

President Obama on Monday challenged Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to “prove” that a “clean” funding bill could not pass the House, as the federal government shutdown entered its second...
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Congress, Barack Obama, President, Harry Reid, John Boehner, Debt Ceiling, Entitlements, Budgets and Deficits, Government shutdown

Congress and the president must get serious about debt crisis

By Veronique de Rugy | 10/04/13 02:42 PM

Failure to come to an agreement on a continuing resolution has led to the current government shutdown, even as another epic battle looms over another increase in debt ceiling. Unfortunately for...
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Congress, Op-Eds, Obamacare, Veterans Affairs, Medicare and Medicaid, Entitlements, Budgets and Deficits

Most states cannot afford to expand Medicaid via Obamacare

By Jonathan Bydlak | 10/04/13 01:18 PM

Politicians and the public alike have recently focused much attention on efforts in Congress to defund Obamacare, but voter perception about the states’ role in the process is straight out of...
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Congress, Barack Obama, Obamacare, Senate, House of Representatives, Entitlements, Mitt Romney

Obamacare is the zombie law of the land of entitlements

By Noemie Emery | 10/01/13 12:05 PM

Three and a half years after it was signed, sealed and delivered, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act remains the undead; not interred, not thriving, but fought over on numerous fronts....
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Barack Obama, Obamacare, Heritage Foundation, Detroit, Entitlements, Big Government, Postal Service, Government shutdown

Misplaced faith in a federal government that can't live up to its promises

By Cal Thomas | 09/30/13 03:17 PM

It’s Obamacare activation and government shutdown week in Washington, where the consequences of misplaced faith in government are everywhere. Still, “true believers” remain faithful that...
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Obamacare, Senate, Health Care, Entitlements, Ted Cruz

A time for confrontation, not compromise

By Star Parker | 09/29/13 03:35 PM

Among the pearls of wisdom conveyed in Ecclesiastes is that everything has its time: “A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot ... a time for war and a time for...
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Op-Eds, Obamacare, Entitlements, Welfare

Europe has declared the welfare state dead

By Op-Ed Contributor | 09/29/13 03:05 PM

With Congress and President Obama in full battle mode over Obamacare to complete the conversion of the United States into a European welfare state, Dutch King Willem-Alexander delivered a...
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House of Representatives, Health and Human Services, Medicare and Medicaid, Entitlements, PennAve, Economy, George W. Bush, Food Stamps

Big Ideas: On Medicare reform, food stamps and child poverty

By Joseph Lawler | 09/27/13 05:14 AM

James Capretta for Economic Policies for the 21st Century: As the political back and forth over Obamacare intensified this summer, it largely went overlooked that the Medicare prescription drug...
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Congress, Obamacare, Entitlements, Ted Cruz, Free Market

Obamacare could be converted to free-market system

By Shikha Dalmia | 09/26/13 06:28 PM

Many liberals have been not-so-secretly hoping to use Obamacare as a Trojan horse for implementing a Canadian-style single-payer health care system. But Republicans could also slip market-based...
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Obamacare, Rhode Island, Medicare and Medicaid, Entitlements

Rhode Island gets $2.7m to review health rate increases

By Associated Press | 09/25/13 03:53 PM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has been awarded over $2.7 million under the federal health care law as part of an effort to ensure that health insurance rate increases are reasonable and...
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Maine, Medicare and Medicaid, Entitlements, Food Stamps

Maine Gov. Paul LePage: More food stamps costs being shifted onto state

By Associated Press | 09/25/13 03:48 PM

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage says scheduled reductions to the national food stamps program prove the state can't rely on the federal government to pay for a Medicaid expansion.
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California, Minnesota, Entitlements, Food Stamps

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he'd 'settle for' $9.50 minimum wage

By Associated Press | 09/25/13 03:44 PM

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — On the same day California's governor signed a bill upping the state's minimum wage to $10 within three years, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton made clear it he'd be disappointed if...
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White House, Barack Obama, Entitlements, Executive Power Series

Day 8: Obama edict repealed 1996 welfare reform's work requirement

By Conn Carroll | 09/25/13 06:20 AM

There were plenty of reasons why President Obama’s $787t economic stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, received no Republican votes in the House of Representatives....
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Education, Gun Control, Obamacare, Senate Minority Leader, Republican Party, Tea Party, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Entitlements, Ted Cruz, Budgets and Deficits, Speaker of the House

GOP Establishment created its own crisis of authority

By Timothy P. Carney | 09/20/13 03:57 PM

If Tea Party Republicans are behaving like out-of-control children, some blame goes to the unreliable "adults" who spent the last 13 years frittering away their parental credibility.
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Congress, House of Representatives, Republican Party, John Boehner, Entitlements, Food Stamps

Can John Boehner tame the House GOP?

By Susan Ferrechio | 09/20/13 05:21 AM

Before Republicans elected him the 61st Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner made a pitch to the GOP rank-and-file, coincidentally on his 61st birthday, Nov. 17, 2010. Choose me...
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From the Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard

In Debt Limit Talks, Senate Republicans Push Measure to Enforce Obamacare's Anti-Fraud Regulations

By: John McCormack

After Senate Democrats blocked GOP efforts to defund Obamacare, House Republicans voted for a number of modest compromises: delaying the individual mandate as long as the business mandate is...
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Health Reform Breaks Bad

By: Christopher J. Conover

Breaking Bad is the story of a seemingly well-intended but very misguided man who turned to cooking meth in order to amass enough wealth to provide for his family once he dies of cancer. The...
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An Inauspicious Debut

By: Michael Astrue

For over a year it has been common knowledge within the Obama administration that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could not launch its network of health exchanges for the...
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