Illinois Medicaid cuts come home

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Monday June 18, 2012 · 8:22 AM PDT

2012/06/18 · 08:22

My sister-in-law is a single parent working as an assistant director for a day care center. A few years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and at the time she qualified for Medicaid. Fortunately, she is now cancer free but will have to take medication for the rest of her life. I wonder what she would have done if she was not covered by this. Would she have been able to get care? Would she be alive right now?
This week, she was informed that she no longer qualifies for Medicaid. Her income is just above the $20,100 income limit for a family of two and not by much. The Illinois legislature has cut over a 1.6 billion from the state’s Medicaid budget.

http://www.sj-r.com/...
CHICAGO -- A $1.6 billion Medicaid spending cut that Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Thursday takes a bite out of a relatively generous program and will leave the state with a level of services already familiar elsewhere in the nation.
The new cuts to the health care safety-net program eliminate extras like chiropractic and dental care for adults. Many other states dumped or limited these extras in the wake of the recession - or never offered them at all.
More than 25,000 Illinois working parents will be thrown off the program, but even that change can't be viewed as extraordinary, policy experts said, because Illinois historically has been more generous than most other states, covering parents at higher income levels.

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Saturday December 08, 2007 · 12:43 PM PST

2007/12/08 · 12:43

It gave me the chills when I read the story. Land forcibly taken from indigenous people for the sake of building a wall to keep people out. Right..I've read about this happening in Isreal and am outraged. But wait, this isn't the Middle East, this is south Texas, in the United States of America. Homeland Security is using eminent domain to take away land from Native Americans and from other land owners who do not want to hand it over to the Department of Homeland Security.

The title of the book was "It Can't Happen Here" but sure enough, it has.

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Sunday November 25, 2007 · 5:19 PM PST

2007/11/25 · 17:19

What is torture? The most anti-American of words, torture is the infliction of great pain upon an individual in order for them to divulge information or comply with a command. It is something that should be abhorrant to everyone, yet it is done here everyday under the guise of law enforcement. Four people have died in the United States just this week after being tasered. Here in Illinois, an overweight, middle-aged man in jail custody who was suffering from a heart attack was tasered twice for not putting his shirt on fast enough. link
The U.N. has declared the use of the Taser "torture." It is about time. There has been far too much suffering and death as a result of this device.link

US Ranked 6th in Imprisoning Journalists

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Wednesday December 14, 2005 · 6:45 PM PST

2005/12/14 · 18:45

This has nothing to do with Judy Miller but of journalists being held in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay. In this regard, we rank right up there with China, Cuba and tied with Burma. The US is officially holding five journalists in detention. The article mentions nothing about who these people are or what they are suspected of doing. Truly frightening. Read More

New Patriot Act Powers Pass Committee

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Tuesday June 07, 2005 · 5:53 PM PDT

2005/06/07 · 17:53

Congress is falling all over itself to deny us every Constitutional protection we have. The Senate Intelligence Committee SECRETLY approved this abomination. Why is the FBI so afraid of having to go to a judge for a search warrant? This needs to be repealed altogether. To think even Senate Democrats are a part of this is maddening. THE PATRIOT ACT NEEDS TO GO! Read More

Airport Security: A Question

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 7:48 PM PDT

2005/05/27 · 19:48

I've tried my best to avoid plane flight all together after 9-11, not due to a fear of terrorists but a fear of the dreaded, "Airport Security." I drive at all cost, not wanting to check my civil liberties at any airport gate. Unfortunately, my husband has won a prize from work which includes AIRFARE to Orlando, hotel and a rental car once there. AHHH! More after the fold. Read More

Schapelle Corby Guilty

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Thursday May 26, 2005 · 9:00 PM PDT

2005/05/26 · 21:00

The judges screamed their verdict at her! They essentially said they must convict her because of all the damage she had done to the Indonesian citizens and her pleas of innocence were thrown out because the police "are more credible than civilians." Please do not go anywhere near Bali or any Indonesian tourist resort. There is sure to be a major boycott of the tourist areas there by Australian citizens. Read More

Shapelle Corby's Fate

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Thursday May 26, 2005 · 9:02 AM PDT

2005/05/26 · 09:02

Shapelle Corby, the Australian woman who was found with marijuana in her luggage will have her case decided as early as today. It says Friday but their time is ahead of ours. Keep her in your thoughts today and hope justice and common sense will prevail. Read More

Army Offers 15 Month Contracts

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Sunday May 15, 2005 · 2:30 PM PDT

2005/05/15 · 14:30

This is from Friday's USA Today and I could not believe it. How can they say the person will only be on active duty for 15 months when stop-loss is the rule? It seems like blatant deception. They can spend the rest of the time in the Reserves. We all know where much of our Reservists are now. This article also says they can spend the rest of their time in the Peace Corp. Hmmm. Don't believe it.
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Humanitarian's Death a Wake- Up Call

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Monday April 18, 2005 · 10:31 AM PDT

2005/04/18 · 10:31

I'm sure most everyone has read or heard about the death of Marla Ruzicka, the aid worker in Iraq that was helping vicitims of the war there. It was tragic and it was horrible. She was not killed instantly as I tried to comfort myself into thinking.

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