tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16974359.post6941311135931220973..comments2023-10-18T07:38:07.062-05:00Comments on KY3 Political Notebook: Nixon Calls For Reinstating Medicaid Cuts, Expanding EligibilityKY3 Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199853676307099084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16974359.post-58986406255326156092009-09-01T23:05:32.016-05:002009-09-01T23:05:32.016-05:00I as a registered voter would like to see SOMEONE ...I as a registered voter would like to see SOMEONE ask some questions about the Pass I.D. card for all Americans that will have to be carried in order to buy or sale. It would hold all Americans financial info, including every monetary transaction, it would include all personal info, such as D.N.A., fingerprints,also, it would contain a tracking device to allow OUR government to know where we are at all times, anywhere on the planet. This goes against everything America stands for, steps on my constitutional rights and slaps in the face everyone dead or alive that has fought for our freedom.I, personally, along with a multitude of my fellow registered voters and veterans will not accept this.The vote is on Sept. 6 please bring this to the public, the healthcare reform is just a smokescreen. We the people demand the truth. Thank you concerened citizen of AmericaTerry Blunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879879769928561730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16974359.post-56317988312217808282007-12-10T19:00:00.000-06:002007-12-10T19:00:00.000-06:00I'm a quadriplegic paralyzed from the shoulders do...I'm a quadriplegic paralyzed from the shoulders down. After my injury, I realized that I had to work extremely hard to make it in life. I went back to school and used a stick in my mouth to type my college papers. Nothing was handed to me. After I graduated, I looked for years for a job and finally an independent living Center hired me to counsel people after their injury at a rehab center. Everything was going good up until 2005 when Matt blunt proposed to have the Medicaid cuts. Because of that, I lost my job, Medicaid also quit paying for necessities like wheelchair batteries, and breathing equipment at night. <BR/><BR/>I do not feel "thankful" for the Medicaid cuts.<BR/><BR/>My neighbor has MS and his wife has a very significant disability as well. They must now pay more than $1000 to Medicaid to keep their health care as a direct result of the 2000 by Medicaid cuts. My other neighbor has been in bed for more than two years because of pressure sores and he must pay a huge spend down to keep his health care. He's now planning to leave the state because of the Medicaid cuts.<BR/><BR/>There are thousands of stories similar to this. We are not thankful for the Medicaid cuts because they were devastating. Shame on Matt blunt and John Hancock for their insensitivity on top of their terrible policies that have hurt people.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157784703125828023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16974359.post-79468919533024196202007-12-09T18:11:00.000-06:002007-12-09T18:11:00.000-06:00I was one of "those people", as refered to by John...I was one of "those people", as refered to by John Hancock, at the meeting with Jay Nixon regarding Missouri's discriminatory health care program designed by Matt Blunt. MOHealthnet does nothing to address the high "spenddown" requirements to obtain coverage. As a single father of three on disability due to Multiple Sclerosis, Matt Blunt wants half of my income each month in order to have MOHealthnet. Needless to say I can not afford the eligibility requirements set forth by Matt Blunt. So as a person who worked for over twenty years for a company in Springfield I am now in the population of tens of thousands of the uninsured in Missouri. In fact I was fired due to my disability and the high costs I was becoming to my past employer due to my health care claims. I wonder if John Hancock would "thank" his employer for charging him half his income each month for health care like Matt Blunt is charging me? As one of "those people", Mr. Hancock, I do not "thank" you. In fact I challenge you to stop discriminating against the elderly, disabled, low income and children of Missouri and let us have health care at a reasonable and humane way. Mr. Catanese, Matt Blunt ad John Hacock, to say our health care system is "bloated" is simply just a lie. Missouri has the second worst health care coverage in the country, refer to www.familiesusa.org, and our uninsured rate is three times higher than the national average. So, Mr. Hancock I say "thanks for nothing"! I'll say "thank you" to our next Governor, Jay Nixon, when he fixes Matt Blunt's inhumane decisions and makes health care available to the people of Missouri.greenrichardghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17702821315444419165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16974359.post-1562247994989482922007-12-08T12:11:00.000-06:002007-12-08T12:11:00.000-06:00Mr. Catanese, Why don't you ask Hancock where he g...Mr. Catanese, <BR/><BR/>Why don't you ask Hancock where he got the 1 billion number? On November 9 on your blog a spokeswoman for the Department said the cost would be $218 million which is pretty close to Nixon's number. I am not a hard core Democrat but it is clear that Blunt is going to say anything to attack Nixon even if it contradicts numbers put out by his own agency. The truth is that we can restore the more than 100,000 people to health care that Blunt kicked off three years ago after promising he wouldn't without any kind of tax increase. Only Matt Blunt's warped notion of politics stops him from doing what is the right thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611087615617970888noreply@blogger.com