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Proposed WIC Cuts Could Affect Thousands in Kentucky

June 28, 2011 – 4:58 pm

Up to 6,800 eligible low-income women and children in Kentucky could be turned away from the popular WIC program if a proposed cut, approved by the Republican controlled U. S. House of Representatives, remains.  WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) gives states grants to ensure that pregnant and breast feeding mothers, along with small children, get [...]

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GOP death-budget plan would slash Kentucky Medicaid payments by 32 percent

May 11, 2011 – 12:07 pm

Under the U.S. House GOP death-budget plan authored by Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and Hal Rogers, R-Pork, Kentucky’s Medicaid system will shed almost 50 percent of its projected enrollment by 2021, and reduce federal funding by nearly 32 percent, leaving scores of impoverished Kentuckians without insurance and placing a greater burden on the state to [...]

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Hal Rogers’ death-budget goes under the microscope

February 7, 2011 – 4:37 pm

With a Republican-dominated House of Representatives, just how badly are the poor and middle-class gonna get shafted via the Congressional budget? According to the Economic Policy Institute, the answer is “shafted like fresh meat in an episode of Oz,” while only cutting four percent of the projected 2011 deficit and impeding economic recovery at the same time. [...]

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