As If..... the NYT editorial addresses the faulty logic and cost-shifting underlying efforts to simply "reduce medicaid spending." but solving the problem would require real discussions about health care needs and a real plan for universal health care insurance. As if the Republicans would ever really address real needs.
The New York Times > Opinion > Medicaid in the Cross Hairs: "It is long past time for a serious national discussion about how best to handle an aging society's needs for long-term care for victims of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other ailments that require constant medical or custodial care beyond what the immediate family can provide. "