Wisconsin: It's not just collective bargaining, Medicaid is on the line too #p2

Widely overlooked in the battle for worker rights in Wisconsin are the voices of people like Barbara Vedder:

I'm scared ... I don't want to go to a nursing home.

... because what's not being talked about in Wisconsin is the end-around attack against Medicaid that's in Republican Governor Scott Walker's budget:

What has been widely ignored about Walker's bill (in part because of the speed with which he's fisting it down Wisconsin's gullet) is a sneaky provision that paves the way for him to cut, or eliminate, Medicaid and BadgerCare healthcare benefits for low-income people.

... in short: Walker's administrative rules change would allow the Department of Health Services, via the overwhelmingly GOP-controlled budget committee, to change state laws unilaterally, skipping the legislative process altogether.

rest at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/22/947918/-Wisconsin:-Its-not-just-collective-bargaining,-Medicaid-is-on-the-line-too?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29