Is That Your Final Answer, Frank McNulty?

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1. federal law doesn’t allow asset testing for Medicaid.  
   
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   And it’s important to understand just how silly or, well, heartless this is, because the state already “asset tests” for Medicaid for adults–just not for children’s coverage.

   So do we have asset testing?

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   1. We edited slightly to differentiate between existing law and “Obamacare.” Hoover reports that new federal health reform “bars states from adding [Pols emphasis] asset tests.” Hoover reports the state currently tests adults for assets, whiling exempting primary homes and vehicles. It’s further reported that the $26 million in additional Medicaid funds for children’s coverage recently awarded have a condition barring asset tests.

      Colorado reportedly dropped asset testing on kid’s coverage in 2006. In 2014, the state’s asset testing on adults for Medicaid will go away as well due to health care reform; it’s not considered effective. But for today, McNulty is talking about kid’s health care.

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      1. to describe the Affordable Care Act.

         Call it what it is assholes.

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         1. ACA has helped so many families in Colorado and across the nation – POTUS and all ACA supporters should take back “Obamacare” and be proud about it.

            Kids with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage, sick people can’t be kicked off insurance, young adults can stay on the parents’ plan up to age 26, insurance companies have to justify rate increases and much more. Almost all of us are better off and it should be used a big positive going into 2012 cycle, IMHO.

            Check out Colorado Consumer Health Initiative and ProgressNow Education’s new-ish “Thanks Obamacare” website for more: http://www.thanksobamacare.org/.

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         2. As stated before, I’m darned proud of Obama’s Obamacare, especially considering the firestorm of opposition he and Pelosi overcame to get it through. Dems should be proud to own the moniker.

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2. If my property tax is cut in half again, it means cutting my contribution to schools in half, too. Helping out us old farts harms, in however small way, school funding (as it’s currently structured). No thanks. My wellbeing depends on a better educated Colorado far more than another $600 in my pocket. (I can be bought, but please.)

   Alms, alms, alms for the old? Sire, could you spare a ha’pence for an old but very good and faithful servant of the king?

   Now, when the economy really gets back on its feet, feel free. There are many good economic reasons for helping seniors hold onto their homes, but those reasons hold for nearly every other homeowner as well.

   McNulty: Just stop your silly political posturing, drop your membership in ALEC, govern like a sensible human being and lead your fellow Repugs in helping get the economy back on its feet. Enough shenanigans.

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3. This issue has been up and down for 25 years – it has come up on many assistance programs like care for the medically indigent and the old handicapped children’s program run by CDPHE.  It pops up and then someone actually does an analysis and it goes away for a few years.

   It doesn’t work for farmers and ranchers because they can have millions of dollars in paper assets because of the land and water rights and not have enough cash flow to rub two nickles together.

   This needs to go away again.

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   1. none of this is really about saving money.  Clearly people who have to lose their homes and farms to get healthcare are going to cost a lot more than those who don’t. But the GOP is always happy to spend more in the service of their I’ve got mine, screw you ideology. Apparently they think everyone could be in the top 1% if they worked hard enough so if your not, it’s your own fault.  They all must have been sick when the whole percentage thing was covered in school.

      It’s closely related to their preference for spending three times as much on healthcare as in sane civilized countries, spending whatever it takes to keep the special tax breaks and subsidies coming for the deserving rich and corporations, many of whom got rich by putting people out of work, risking and losing other people’s savings, etc.

      Whenever they say it’s about controlling spending, they’re lying. Period.  

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4. https://twitter.com/#!/lynn_ba…

   lynn_bartels: ColoradoPols loves it some @TimHoover. (Don’t we all?) #coleg bit.ly/tcd7jj

   Praise them when they do good, like Hoover did with this story. We’ve all got to remember to do that.

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