Walker uses federal Medicaid bonus money to pad surplus (audio)

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http://www.wtdy.com/Walker-uses-federal-Medicaid-bonus-money-to-pad-su/14570354

Every year, the federal government awards states a CHIPRA performance bonus for increasing enrollment of uninsured children in the Medicaid program. Last year, Wisconsin received a bonus of more than $24.5 million. But according to Jon Peacock from the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, the Walker Administration failed to put that money back into the state's Medicaid program, known as BadgerCare. Instead, the money was shifted into the general fund and called a "surplus." Walker has been touting a two-year budget surplus of $342 million and a $109 million deposit to the state's rainy day fund, even as organizations that manage BadgerCare threaten to leave the program because the state has decreased its reimbursement rate. Amy talks with Jon Peacock about the issue.

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1. Is this how he is going to destroy badger care?

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2. Thompson & Ryan voucher plan along w/ Walker swapping out health care dollars for political gain.

ALEC writes the plan and these guys carry it out....

Medicare has become a central issue in the race for Senate between Thompson and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison. Baldwin campaign spokesman John Kraus said Thompson's plan is "something he came up with in the last week or two."

Kraus accused Thompson — who ran Medicare for four years while secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — of changing his stance to appeal to voters nervous about big changes in Medicare.

Thompson had been a vocal supporter of the plan by vice presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan that calls for recipients to receive a set amount of money with which to purchase either traditional Medicare benefits or a private plan.

"For the last year, he has stood very firm in support of the Ryan plan to end the guarantee of Medicare in favor of a voucher plan," Kraus said. "The last month of the race, he's trying to run away from the Ryan plan."



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