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One of the central elements of the Democrats’ plans to cover the tens of millions of uninsured Americans is a sweeping expansion of Medicaid, the state-federal partnership to cover the lowest-income folks. But the success of that strategy is in doubt for a couple of reasons.
First, Medicaid pays providers at such low rates (roughly 72 [...]

Among the many ad-libbed lines during President-elect Barack Obama’s remarks this morning at the National Governor’s Association was one that may raise the eyebrows of environmental and labor activists.

Following up on Mike’s follow-up that touched on the failure of trickle-down economic policies to, well, trickle down, it looks like President-elect Barack Obama intends to pursue an altogether different track.
Politico’s Mike Allen has some excerpts from Obama’s prepared remarks, to be delivered today at the National Governor’s Association meeting in Philadelphia.

President-elect Barack Obama today sent a taped video message of support to the Bi-Partisan Governors Global Climate Change Summit, hosted by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles.
In the video, Obama reiterated his campaign pledges for quick and dramatic action on global warming, and vowed to partner with any governor, nation or company willing to [...]