This thread discusses the Content article: Healthcare Reform Reloaded

The battle for health care reform is a battle that should never be fought. We live in a country that is the richest nation on earth. We are excited to walk the streets of opportunity.Other risk their lives to get to this great land where anything is possible.Each one of us has a vision of the kind of life we want to have.If we are successful,we get to live our dreams and reap this nations goodness. However,our country has found itself populated with those who only have one thing on their minds, money.Now, during the health care debate we see just how greedy and uncaring those in positions to help really are.We watch as corporations get rich and those who benefit from its profits live the lavish life of luxury. We have also seen people loose their jobs, then their insurance, and finally everything they have because of greed and the ability of those in power to silently steal our dreams and our futures. The health care issue is not about right and wrong to those in power. It is about protecting their net worth and sustaining their playgrounds. Those who are creating havoc for health care already have the best health care that money can buy. They have no use for health reform because that would mean cutting into their pockets,costing them a few dollars, in comparison to the millions they have already made.Millions, which by the way is overflowing with the working man's money. It doesn't matter to them that they have made a fortune while their own countrymen are dying. If we are to pass health care then the people will have to make a stand.Everyone should be on the phone calling those who make policy to stand up and fight for us, otherwise, we will find ourselves being denied for being sick, unable to afford our medicine, can't go to the doctor, and in the end, we will continue to bury the people we love.

Published article: on who suffers the most from economic collapse, the rich or the poor.


http://socyberty.com/issues/who-suffers-the-most-from-economic-collaspe-the-rich-or-the-poor/

'This is a significant opportunity for Kansas families who can't afford private health insurance for their children,' said Andy Allison, acting executive director of the Kansas Health Policy Authority.SCHIP is a federal-state program that provides health coverage to uninsured children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. In Kansas, the federal government provides about 72 percent of the funding and the state provides the other 28 percent. In November, 39,447 Kansas children were enrolled in the program.

Under the new rules, the eligibility limit for the Kansas SCHIP program will increase from 200 percent of the federal poverty level to 250 percent. That translates to about $44,000 a year for a family of three or $53,000 a year for a family of four.

A family with children in SCHIP pays between $20 per month to $75 per month, depending on income.

Kansas lawmakers authorized the expansion in 2008, subject to additional federal funding becoming available. That federal funding became available in 2009 when Congress and President Barack Obama expanded SCHIP. Then the Kansas Legislature approved $1.2 million to cover the state's share of the expansion.

'Improving children's health is a top priority for everyone, and one of the most important steps in accomplishing that is to make sure children have access to affordable coverage so they can get the care they need,' Allison said. 'This expansion will make that easier for thousands of working families who either can't afford or don't have access to private insurance.'

In addition, KHPA was recently awarded a five-year, $40.3 million federal grant that will be used to enhance outreach efforts and to acquire new technology that will improve and streamline the application process.

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