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Medicaid denial: hypocrisy or irrationality? AJC; Thursday, March 5, 2015
Medicaid denial: hypocrisy or irrationality? AJC; Thursday, March 5, 2015 When looking at individual states, there is an inverse relationship between religiosity and the expansion of healthcare to the less fortunate among us. In other words, the more religious a state, the less likely it is to expand Medicaid. Here are the details. Gallup has…
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Choice clear in 10th District, Athens Banner Herald, Oct. 29, 2014
Note; slightly different from the Gwinnett piece. Opinion, Athens Banner Herald Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 Bernard: Choice clear in 10th District Do you want to know what is wrong with politics in Georgia and the rest of the United States? Look in the mirror. We are the ones who elected this government, voting for party…
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Unkindest Cuts; Columbus Ledger-Enquirer; 10-25-14
Unkindest cuts BY JACK BERNARD AND JOHN PALMER October 25, 2014 Traditionally, there has been an unwritten pact between state and local public employees (teachers included) and government. Salaries did not compare to the private sector, but pooling the resources of teachers and state employees allowed the state to offer excellent benefits. Since the Great…
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Too Accommodating, Governing, Sept. 2014
Note: Governing Magazine, without my knowledge, cut the last sentence of this letter, which read: Converting the Medicaid program into Medicare would be a good step towards doing what we should have done in 2009: expand Medicare to cover all. Too Accommodating By Jack Bernard As with many controversial domestic issues facing our nation, the…
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How should we evaluate Obamacare?; Charleston (wv) Gazette, September 28, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014 Jack Bernard: How should we evaluate Obamacare? By Jack Bernard I am a Republican. My party has passed legislation in the House over 50 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Obamacare. The ACA was implemented anyway and shows no sign of going away. So, is the ACA working? I…
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Why the single-payer resistance? September 19, 2014 ,Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
Jack Bernard: Why the single-payer resistance? September 19, 2014 Ever since Medicare (universal health insurance for old people and the disabled) came out in 1965, congressional efforts to expand it to cover the rest of us have been thwarted. Why has this occurred? There are two basic reasons: • Extensive lobbying by health care providers…
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Medicare for all is the best alternative;7/16/2014 ; Insurance News Net
Medicare for all is the best alternative 7/16/2014 ; Insurance News Net By Jack Bernard My party, the GOP, is running for election this year on the slogan “repeal and replace Obamacare.” I agree, but the question is “what will be the replacement?” My answer is Medicare for all. From a moral standpoint, due to expansion of…
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GOP 10th District candidates problematic, Athens Banner Herald, July 8, 2014
Note:Healthcare (Medicare, VA) is mentioned in this oped, although it is much broader. Bernard: GOP 10th District candidates problematic July 8, 2014 No good GOP choice in 10th District For an Eisenhower Republican like me, these are vexing times. I thought Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., who represents this part of the state in Congress, was…
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In support of Medicare for all, Florida Times Union (Jacksonville), 6-30-14
Guest column: In support of Medicare for all Mon, Jun 30, 2014 @ 1:34 pm My party, the GOP, is running for election this year on the slogan “repeal and replace Obamacare.” I agree, but the question is “what will be the replacement?” My answer is Medicare for all. From a moral standpoint, due…
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Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens;April 16, 2014; Insurance News Net
April 16, 2014 Georgia’s governor is letting down his state’s citizens First, the governor made the unilateral decision not to expand Medicaid for the poorest Georgians, preventing hundreds of thousands of our citizens from receiving adequate health care. According to a recent Georgia State University report that came up with this figure, these jobs would…