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Related: About this forumTens of thousands cut from PA. Medical Assistance, Many Don't Even Know It
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=362558Good article on how PA. has used a bureaucratic system of "re-certification" to knock tens of thousands of people off the medical assistance roles. Many don't find out about it until they try to see a doctor or go to a hospital.
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Tens of thousands cut from PA. Medical Assistance, Many Don't Even Know It (Original Post)
JPZenger
Feb 2012
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HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)1. That's one of Corbett's objectives. He's evil. Simply evil.
It isn't just Berks county. DPW is doing that all over the state. And yet, most of those who are hit the hardest are in red zones and will vote for Corbett just because of the (R) next to his name. They just keep screwing themselves.
durablend
(8,996 posts)2. At least the Welfare secretary is honest (what he said)
The cuts are part of new Welfare Secretary Gary Alexander's plan to reduce fraud and waste
This is what the state considers the poor to be..."fraud and waste".
JPZenger
(6,819 posts)3. Hitler called the disabled "useless eaters"
After all, Romney today said that he is not at all concerned about the very poor