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Beebe urges Medicaid expansion in State of the State address

Governor Mike Beebe urged the state legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to another 250,000 Arkansans.

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maxx66 - 1/28/2013 6:36 PM
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Medicaid was a trap and still a trap on tax payers and hospitals. A number of doctors cannot afford to accept medicaid, government reimbursement is not adequate for the costs. Beebe wants more money use the communication universal sales tax providing for free obama-cell phones to welfare recipents.

itsjustme - 1/16/2013 3:34 PM
1 Vote
RADAD, if you would change your last name to Gonzales, your wife would be well taken care of. Take a look at this man people, this man truly deserves assistance. He is getting food stamps, going to school, and WORKING. This is what the system was made for, not these dead beats that refuse to get a job and constantly spit out kids just to get a bigger check. RADAD, I admire you for what you are doing. Most people would run from such events, but you are man enough to deal with it, live with it and continue to stay positive. You have my respect, from one man to another.

graytonghost - 1/16/2013 5:51 AM
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You won't have to vote him out rodie, this is his last term and guess what, the people up there in Ark. have a republican house and senate to keep El Beebe and his Osama BS swallowers in check. If El Beebe did not have every illegal Mexican on medicaid, RADAD's wife could have care, that simple

RADAD - 1/15/2013 6:36 PM
1 Vote
In August 2011 my wife had a seizure while she was at work. Had never had a seizure before and no known history of seizures in the family's history. She had been on Medicaid and when her working hours went from 15-20 hrs. wk. to 20-25 hrs. wk. her assistance was cut off. They said we made too much money to qualify. I am a full time student, she is now unemployed, due to the seizure risk she is not suppose to be driving. Doctors will no longer allow you to make payment over time, new patients mainly, and they want paid before doing any work. We cannot afford to come up with the $1300 required to get an in depth MRI completed so we can finally figure out what is causing her seizures. Since the first seizure incident, she has had several others, some of them very violent ones. It is very scary seeing the person you love thrashing and having muscle contractions that are unreal. She has applied for assistance, and has been denied three times now. She is no longer able to work, I am in school full time and trying to make a living. Work is slow this time of year for an HVAC technician. Last year I made a grand total of $11,000, of which I had medical expenses to pay, medicines I bought, gas for Doctor visits, etc. On top of keeping our bills paid and food on the table. IT is hard sometimes with a 12 year old and a sick wife. But, I am in it for the long haul. Help or not, I will do more this year than in others to ensure my wife is getting the help she requires. IF Governor Beebe were to read this, he might ask himself "how do they make it on $11,000 a year?" Answer is simple, we have and want for nothing in life but to survive, pay our bills and raise our children. It can be done on $11,000, when you have the help of food stamps and family nearby. I hope all Arkansans are a part of the decision making on this bill, I know we are not the only family in this State which is suffering. God Bless Arkansas, God Bless the United States!

ArkansasYankee - 1/15/2013 4:37 PM
3 Votes
He's term limited, so he won't be running. We have the choice ( so far ) of an adulterer and a man that was US Attorney for western AR while the Mena airport was used for drug smuggling. Controversy and suspicion surround his not going after a particular pilot and drug smuggler. So that's how he became the Drug Czar! Nice choices, aren't they! LOL

CptKirksnipple - 1/15/2013 4:03 PM
3 Votes
Nice! After he swallowed Obama's Load of BS. I wonder what kind of deal this man got? Free paid trip to D.C. on the Arkansas taxpayers money. I can not wait to vote this man out!
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