'Legislation That Harms Children Is Not Health-care Reform' [Opinion Of The Day]

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Michael Dudas and Rupin Thakkar: Legislation that harms children is not health-care reform

"Real health-care reform would focus on providing the most cost-effective care and reducing waste in the system instead of wholesale tearing down the safeguards Medicaid provides for child health. Sacrificing our children is too high a price to pay." (The Seattle Times)

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Martin Eichenbaum: How red states and blue states can coexist

"Would all of the blue-state initiatives work? Probably not. Would red state citizens actually be happy with fewer government programs like Medicaid? Probably not. But both sides would learn from concrete experience, both their own and that of states pursuing different paths. And if we don't converge to similar policies, that's OK too. Red and blue state folks have the right to live the way they want to live. And, you can always leave your state and go to one more to your liking." (Chicago Tribune)

Jeff Greenfield: Why I’m Not Betting Against Mitch McConnell

"Taken together, these underlying realities suggest that, if you’re betting on history to repeat itself, McConnell will get 50 votes for his bill. But betting on history these past two years has proven to be a fool’s wager; if McConnell does manage to pass the bill, it will be the legislative equivalent of squaring a circle." (Politico)

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