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Displaying all articles tagged:
Welfare Reform
Apr. 11, 2018
Paul Ryan’s Long Fight to Destroy the Welfare State Ends in Defeat
After failing to repeal Obamacare and “reform” Medicaid, Ryan looked forward to more years of futility and decided to pack it in.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 6, 2018
GOP States Are Trying to Put Time Limits on Medicaid
It’s the latest effort to attack Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.
By
Ed Kilgore
medicaid
Jan. 29, 2018
GOP Tinkering With Medicaid Could Tempt Red States to Expand Coverage
An apparently unintended consequence.
By
Ed Kilgore
Dec. 28, 2017
Paul Ryan’s ‘Welfare Reform’ Plan Looks Doomed
Many Senate Republicans do not want to take food and medical care away from the poor and elderly (in an election year, anyway).
By
Eric Levitz
Dec. 21, 2017
McConnell Says No to Ryan’s Dream of Cutting Entitlements in 2018
Ryan wants to use power to achieve ideological goals. McConnell wants power for power’s sake.
By
Ed Kilgore
Dec. 6, 2017
After Tax Cut for the Rich, Trump Hopes to Take Food From Poor Kids
The president plans to cut off food aid to low-income children whose parents are unemployed, or test positive for marijuana.
By
Eric Levitz
Dec. 5, 2017
After Tax Cuts, Republicans Eye Civil War
House conservatives just fired the opening salvo in a looming intraparty fight over spending, immigration, and perhaps, the special counsel.
By
Eric Levitz
Sept. 21, 2017
How Republicans Are Trying to Pass the Buck on Health Care
The Graham-Cassidy bill would reverse a long trend toward equality in health-care coverage and force hellish decisions on the states.
By
Ed Kilgore